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Coming here) q0 J! ^* H8 D- E4 z% f- p2 B" \) g
Settling down/ W$ }' U* t) H5 r) k4 |
was easier for you
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I measured the miles
' t/ L: x8 j/ a! x# _set the clock's dark hands
8 |8 }5 i2 B# k0 }* m. xwith a view of returning to home ground/ ?4 S* |; Z1 l9 F- Z, T
, F% I' x7 h3 l; }1 _1 gDays inched into years) [/ W' @: J6 H& ]
I watched others: i7 f4 M, a6 B5 M+ n; t! p
come and go back" j9 t% ?7 J1 o% D
go and come back
. G2 Y8 n( \# K2 {0 q( U6 tWe never did
$ ]$ I8 s2 N2 V, @& E; onor can we now
2 Y) I+ }% \6 o& [resettle in the old country( }$ t! u+ Y. n" \, j
leave our children
# K6 X' |) |; V8 Tand their children 8 H3 W+ Z* G* z6 W% d/ N+ z2 b
settled down in theirs, r& I. r8 v' h; O" b& J+ T$ Z" x
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8 d# w2 K; _! F/ o% l) H: [0 g-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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