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Coming here! N) n3 G* O" r7 A+ A8 v* ]6 h; E
Settling down& I1 P0 `# d1 T) j% h( r+ k( F
was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground) p- Z1 b, Q% j. ~$ q
, Y% O$ {- a i! b' {Days inched into years5 d* [3 G; K; b/ X' m8 M: q. @
I watched others
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go and come back/ q- c7 E; G5 u3 j
We never did L9 ]: d x9 d/ X5 k5 D
nor can we now
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0 Z4 [* n4 K: E& qleave our children $ ^4 S9 X- D) K; l# q+ ^
and their children
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, e1 Y0 T& z V+ x; E7 m* Z0 M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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