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Coming here6 v( l* H* e7 c
Settling down& }3 Q3 f4 c2 p* g, @ t
was easier for you
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7 W. _% ?# N& O: x$ SI measured the miles- P4 B A: A% |2 v& u& ]4 {
set the clock's dark hands' h, B l7 ]: q& \4 {* N6 A
with a view of returning to home ground# j, k" u# z. l8 v: \1 a" T
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Days inched into years
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go and come back1 i7 `# v) j z( X, g1 O) r1 k
We never did8 u V+ Z+ e5 h6 b: E3 k
nor can we now
5 ?& [4 {1 D; }% Bresettle in the old country8 d. R9 \6 L: [2 b. ?) T
leave our children
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$ i% Z9 `/ b, g3 @7 Q% T Usettled down in theirs
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5 m# R- s4 q1 p-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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