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Coming here
: X X. r' Y! [. ZSettling down
( f* s+ V5 Z' u+ A1 l* p. Owas easier for you
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I measured the miles, b: A2 b* P# P: Z/ V; O9 x
set the clock's dark hands
) d( U6 R5 H* V. w3 L5 ?' Xwith a view of returning to home ground( r: l+ I _) a! P u
+ |1 D8 l5 R: P' P! T, c1 MDays inched into years- F: `' q/ f! g9 a
I watched others# ?% Z" Q* |, S- u+ e
come and go back3 {* z* [) f1 v7 |; F/ @
go and come back
0 F5 a/ ~' K2 A% Y2 \+ pWe never did5 P5 d0 z" G# a' v( Z1 s
nor can we now
3 e: b; s9 ~; P. K* }3 Sresettle in the old country
S( R. s# n3 | V5 R; c+ O8 H+ s W8 ]leave our children 9 p' F0 K9 ?% ?- K/ a! o/ }6 `( L. Z
and their children # k4 Y* g& I1 J" B; @/ a+ s
settled down in theirs1 T- k+ g6 _; |& ]( W
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% Z( z- f# Z1 W- t# P+ t* y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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