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Coming here) F6 x7 }% a. Q% y5 V7 `& V% I
Settling down
- Z, h( \+ S, X8 Owas easier for you
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2 m' w0 q# g' L" J7 ~I measured the miles1 p0 }9 L$ ]- X3 r! d- k( d' _3 d8 }
set the clock's dark hands# v6 k. K8 x4 r) D
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years3 w B+ Y% w- W$ O& J" _" L# L
I watched others% z6 p$ ?% F" m7 v4 l/ F( e9 `8 p
come and go back
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We never did
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# A' o# ~9 i3 | s/ x" }resettle in the old country
$ b: \. O- O6 ?$ k! Dleave our children % ]* e# }9 l/ [! r7 z
and their children p# l! h* B5 r* A
settled down in theirs- I" |' V- r( ~& a& j8 R4 e
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* o1 A& ~- z( C7 c+ |: L% S( D-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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