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Coming here6 z5 t2 b0 D4 d g
Settling down4 V; I! z- c4 \
was easier for you
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years1 \* S7 I1 o* V% d( }/ p# M
I watched others
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go and come back% B4 e; g# P: ^" [
We never did/ j1 B3 q, R' D' O7 c) [
nor can we now7 n. m! {, A5 q8 L* G9 G3 e
resettle in the old country2 S t$ n% c7 L$ I$ \( G
leave our children
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settled down in theirs2 T- j1 [5 F; v
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: L: U3 R2 ?$ p7 Z( i$ S5 J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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