Coming here a+ b t' a& c* `Settling down 1 v2 X6 N q7 T0 g* ]& rwas easier for you9 {% o: d' |; v) h
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I measured the miles " V" `- X( k( j7 ?3 I- {set the clock's dark hands ' S5 O6 n1 P# Pwith a view of returning to home ground% b# d; X' e( |: A
, T$ @. H: z3 i* X5 h# ODays inched into years; l4 L. S5 f; C- S
I watched others 0 B& P5 Z! i& E2 J# c+ Acome and go back 6 `' |' p R0 [+ w6 G }1 M7 @go and come back 6 c0 f, A2 {( a* T; J; V$ F- b0 fWe never did 7 T7 C( M. r' w& wnor can we now + W* C* G9 Q L4 i* Presettle in the old country; O& s$ k/ w& \% g; O6 Y/ O( H: v
leave our children . z( v; O* k# G$ p* rand their children 6 [2 j+ x( s! u8 H1 \settled down in theirs # B/ l7 c; V. V4 U& e# e2 s3 M: X3 u' \1 {- [9 ?
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990