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Coming here4 v+ s/ y& H# _8 J6 {! N
Settling down/ k, S0 q; u' F% d0 \- G
was easier for you
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4 }) N7 J& B' bI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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S+ E7 A8 L8 `! e/ UDays inched into years
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come and go back
8 `* |* ^- O0 P4 G/ `. Ago and come back, z/ C/ Q! A& c- W( _) U. N' Y( b, S
We never did
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5 z9 @, O2 E) `# ?, ?6 A. Bleave our children 6 n& ~/ k* n% a" k) R3 z! f
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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