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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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I watched others9 ]# l# c/ W8 E! g: Y& R, o: `8 m$ o
come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
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and their children
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1 u) }2 U1 t8 }( f! g/ R-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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