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Coming here
" m/ i c! a, MSettling down
7 L& i m( s7 u$ s& F3 G. y- s; E0 y8 ]was easier for you
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! w& J5 `% `4 D& A2 x4 j( FI measured the miles
2 p# w3 F1 `; L" ?9 ^set the clock's dark hands- {, K7 `* N. r
with a view of returning to home ground- ?# {$ Q5 F% n$ C9 p( p; R1 f. K. o7 a
! y! o3 o, q' C3 x& S" u. z& X9 F* _Days inched into years
q& K1 t1 }2 _% V. Z4 Y0 LI watched others! S0 c2 g& ^" F" |
come and go back$ \! O) p) G( o; `+ r4 W
go and come back
" e/ H! h' q+ `' @- D) x% t6 g( IWe never did' i! N) ~9 i% L0 Q, h# C3 x% ]
nor can we now6 f# ?) H8 v6 c1 v
resettle in the old country- X0 p+ E% B4 ^/ o8 F
leave our children + @0 U2 o' a/ @, e' z4 z! U% \, I
and their children " F6 \- X5 f( J
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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