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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles2 P% y. j: S/ T
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
2 g- w$ ?" K# L: }7 ]$ eI watched others
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go and come back
8 C8 R7 U* E. D! |1 c8 XWe never did
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resettle in the old country
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and their children & E+ d& |( `6 j* {) n
settled down in theirs
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+ X" _7 U( t. g7 k-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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