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Settling down
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I measured the miles
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/ O# L; |& V! X5 k$ Z, Gwith a view of returning to home ground
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9 b/ z3 G, ~2 B6 Q; h5 A0 K* ~8 RDays inched into years$ I$ J6 T7 e/ Q- C
I watched others
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go and come back
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nor can we now
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leave our children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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