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Coming here
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/ M1 X$ L) M- @5 Z" LI measured the miles; }3 }9 K! U3 k" P( P' x% D8 Y( D. y
set the clock's dark hands+ X, A) M/ Q% E9 ?" b
with a view of returning to home ground/ A4 C' s- D5 _$ J; g3 i5 e+ Z
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Days inched into years7 Z+ v3 v [& V6 J
I watched others
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go and come back; `$ ]! s1 l- q/ _/ ^; B1 @
We never did
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% @6 j# o3 t+ K- a$ Y% \resettle in the old country
. \8 J" Y! D# F8 _. R# x% w* Hleave our children " j2 E0 b! D& U) u
and their children 7 O# ?4 X; }( F) z
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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