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Coming here
4 a" I! U; c! ?) u, a+ v: aSettling down! S! B0 ]2 X$ A
was easier for you
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* [' W8 {/ x- h; VI measured the miles+ n" p8 f9 H! A2 z% S, x* q
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back/ P6 T T1 K% f7 r6 R6 X- c
go and come back
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nor can we now
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leave our children & [' O$ G& x" t
and their children + Q3 V# u7 W+ w, k& S X
settled down in theirs! J4 H# Z" U' H" j- p- E: n3 }1 {
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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