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Coming here
3 ~/ o4 ]# u2 _, A& bSettling down5 g1 i s, Z A$ Q* p
was easier for you
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I measured the miles6 e7 g* `0 O; n H3 H% }
set the clock's dark hands8 ^' ^4 u8 C) }& @6 i6 C i9 U
with a view of returning to home ground, j" `( L0 w( d; n$ r
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Days inched into years
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come and go back6 ~1 v# Y" f0 Q2 u+ ]) E! E
go and come back
: ?7 O& W9 \+ R# w3 ]7 F, UWe never did
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% Z% t! `( d/ s) X4 i0 }leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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