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Coming here% ?/ ~7 D1 B; r
Settling down! ?, N2 V$ H, ]) R) a$ X* V
was easier for you
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I measured the miles2 z! C7 ` o/ u! ^1 \
set the clock's dark hands
, K! c- G; o2 Q, W% E0 mwith a view of returning to home ground5 L U- o8 h+ g6 s, o5 [% |
9 {* x/ {$ y; y6 ZDays inched into years( l5 l( n6 R! X; d. I ]
I watched others
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We never did4 s% p) H5 ], m" U
nor can we now
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9 N/ E7 [- i7 @6 N! l& Q1 @9 Rleave our children 2 k" } j: G# o- t1 t
and their children
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1 x8 R1 |4 h9 A2 I* M d-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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