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Coming here9 _+ }! J, d* Z: g; e
Settling down
8 }& E; c& J7 ^, T- l1 i( T/ _2 Fwas easier for you
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I measured the miles. n1 D+ I, ?( x
set the clock's dark hands: p# O: ^# y! A
with a view of returning to home ground- j: ?, V# b0 B4 l/ ^5 T
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Days inched into years: q/ C' ~- G/ n7 b: {. K' \
I watched others0 X6 \! v A5 `! {; Q
come and go back
. a- C+ a+ D4 Ngo and come back
, w5 y( R6 A& N% i aWe never did. I' `% O( a( K( X: n8 k
nor can we now
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+ x$ ]! q7 T9 ]8 ?4 [8 `leave our children
, q) B2 s( S- G7 S8 y Dand their children
+ w+ o1 n2 F/ `5 H+ s6 ssettled down in theirs. _( w$ u6 J& D2 H6 i0 o2 {
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6 f8 U3 ~) |6 L! ~$ l-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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