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Coming here; ~- c+ t" g+ F" e
Settling down
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I measured the miles
# e" N8 _% Z7 K2 t4 S. Qset the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years* l+ p+ K6 T/ r/ E2 O
I watched others+ f$ v) D7 ]* W8 a! ^2 H/ `; [
come and go back+ [. N5 Z; R6 P! S1 ~/ U! C
go and come back
1 a( J# @8 `: s0 c& {/ t" m6 D _We never did" v. Y' T0 `! ?
nor can we now2 S4 V9 l$ u- I. M6 Z3 \# ]. C
resettle in the old country
) x; n* F' M4 B6 `+ Uleave our children & E1 C# G3 R! {
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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