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Coming here
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground8 ?/ h0 h- s* ^' E
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Days inched into years5 W8 H7 [ S/ y; T& I" N
I watched others
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go and come back: G& h! p& T5 a# |; `/ L/ `
We never did) Y( z8 Y( w1 P: {+ m* M
nor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs; d' r$ h$ A: [4 N G
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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