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Coming here
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was easier for you
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5 B& E# K( P# K2 sI measured the miles
$ P. p1 ?2 z5 ?7 w" `- H) b- Yset the clock's dark hands
0 P2 E# b1 B" _4 }. Vwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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go and come back
2 I5 T- z# ?% F: u3 kWe never did
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resettle in the old country: M$ F) }, W; k: o3 l
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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, R% ]% d- E# G+ }. c2 V-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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