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Coming here# A! o0 x+ v2 K5 z0 J8 I
Settling down
7 y. w( [) m, hwas easier for you
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years, X7 Y1 Y8 ]" W; E0 Y$ x
I watched others+ T0 r( N) e, y* E4 H" F2 X- y% u
come and go back
5 r1 n/ ?2 h+ h; n1 I, ngo and come back
: s, Z( }: Y1 N# j! G* ]* FWe never did" {/ e& X( a+ G( c
nor can we now
& U2 u# B6 a9 f: P0 H g, lresettle in the old country
, _" v" a8 j6 H2 yleave our children
2 C3 p3 S4 c$ V& g' qand their children $ u9 r; N7 g7 m) k4 p7 M
settled down in theirs9 N7 L( J0 c: w& H: Z0 L7 V/ l+ i5 b
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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