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Coming here! ]) u3 |( x( Y6 A' Y4 p
Settling down) j) z+ j* e1 c+ r% L f ~
was easier for you
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I measured the miles6 A- K; f Q5 K( m
set the clock's dark hands
7 J( V# D1 N+ f) ^) i; Owith a view of returning to home ground* i/ d3 ], H# I& s+ x
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Days inched into years
1 s9 @8 A6 _9 m4 X, |+ QI watched others, S# T9 x* l: X% v6 f
come and go back
* A, H* O* Z5 @, s6 Qgo and come back/ N7 N5 P5 \! O1 a6 n
We never did
8 p- Z( U7 k( q T6 N3 i- k1 Dnor can we now
- H& a; ^) ]4 x5 }resettle in the old country5 I3 N& T7 @, `
leave our children 0 X- a, _6 s7 v, ?# d
and their children * |/ N1 r# q# y( Z
settled down in theirs
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0 b. [' H" J+ V5 j-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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