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Coming here
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was easier for you
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set the clock's dark hands! v7 K! a* T& E* W# |$ v! p! S G
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years6 r7 Q1 K$ h9 g+ G E
I watched others
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go and come back
( @8 [: V$ K3 o7 R( R/ ?- ZWe never did
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resettle in the old country7 ?" U1 ? t, t" _6 t+ x5 R
leave our children ) d, j1 |+ i) s2 H& v9 w6 j. n. w
and their children
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# D6 s% ^7 q& y" d7 ]. b* X9 w-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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