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Coming here
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was easier for you
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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We never did
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leave our children ; S5 T! F: E3 R+ r9 Y* W4 \0 Q
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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