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Coming here
8 C/ c6 }$ F. D6 S9 YSettling down
: F) n4 z0 I, p" |( w4 Cwas easier for you
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/ Y- k& Y% n/ q7 BI measured the miles
# c F7 R, F' V( P% n sset the clock's dark hands
9 R; P1 c- V8 r5 t7 L' Iwith a view of returning to home ground1 t4 q$ v u1 [% {
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Days inched into years
, q3 |. {& N# x2 WI watched others+ s. \( X8 K2 Q0 c4 u1 s
come and go back* I3 a8 h9 _( L
go and come back
# @5 l P; Y5 S2 f& ^We never did& a9 H& C! \4 c6 G {
nor can we now5 R7 C# Y2 z9 l2 V+ q. w1 a
resettle in the old country
& w Q6 a* _+ h! k. \. f6 R7 aleave our children * ]* b: J3 k9 T
and their children
' w0 I. d! i, ^8 s+ T c) e% d) _settled down in theirs! `( v9 i q6 @% F
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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