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Coming here) {/ A5 C8 U" j/ B. h9 v, G1 ], ?
Settling down' d; \. V s: |, h
was easier for you
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I measured the miles3 k9 N' O0 G6 y7 U
set the clock's dark hands
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+ c1 ^2 J# p2 t! z" h8 s/ B' rDays inched into years
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come and go back) P# R S3 A& L
go and come back
$ W Q( @% D( GWe never did
, L. k" y' d* n" X2 }+ D, Nnor can we now
& N2 |+ C0 \ ?5 s. zresettle in the old country0 k. a& w% Z$ O4 G
leave our children
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settled down in theirs# W/ |) L0 I. A; K
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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