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Coming here
8 x+ w3 U$ w! c$ U. ISettling down
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I measured the miles3 Z) E- k8 S8 y
set the clock's dark hands1 j- u3 }' @4 p7 F! L
with a view of returning to home ground+ z/ H+ `0 o0 I; e) G
( z" c; b& S# u3 c' Y5 [; e7 V4 YDays inched into years
3 Q2 Y: X, k9 R7 UI watched others
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go and come back
$ H$ `5 B0 |- kWe never did" }) n; W" M% Y; W3 W' ]( }, q
nor can we now
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leave our children 9 m( ?, m( N% k" M" l1 V
and their children : x" t3 w# }8 U
settled down in theirs7 w9 s% r/ K. c0 y; u/ c6 D
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! A! {4 d+ r9 G5 e# }, k3 `-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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