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Coming here# H2 P+ B- Q- p
Settling down( ^5 o6 F- w( U. N ~
was easier for you
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I measured the miles, U' c; t X W! i( E# w
set the clock's dark hands; ?' n, S+ W5 [/ R
with a view of returning to home ground
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O$ \4 \! H% d' l+ zDays inched into years7 ~7 V4 S! h) ^5 W* q4 S4 u
I watched others2 h# S& l6 g9 V( A4 I9 P
come and go back
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/ K4 \9 P, M! H9 L4 J) u2 d& W3 wWe never did
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resettle in the old country: l: ?2 Q+ r7 S) g9 P% v
leave our children
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settled down in theirs9 L- A2 f* {9 w4 C- `/ i
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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