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Coming here8 N8 d: m5 f6 @* `" @/ k8 R! z& K
Settling down
# [$ n8 m; G/ z0 Kwas easier for you
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. Y, m: A8 H( ?& p5 p2 j$ Z3 w3 h& uI measured the miles! B: `$ d2 a5 ^5 ?, U
set the clock's dark hands$ k n9 ~3 j' E! _( j1 D
with a view of returning to home ground) P9 |9 T1 ?- R) t
) ?" {1 R2 m3 bDays inched into years
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come and go back
% U. {: c' x9 S& O4 kgo and come back
" }) A$ v/ ?* j* |9 FWe never did
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resettle in the old country
: V g1 W5 |, A$ ^, s7 l% Hleave our children
6 b- S. t, }1 E! o Sand their children & Z3 d* C2 M. F; G
settled down in theirs' `+ g9 k1 S7 Z. I
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& m' E' s; r# G2 }# }8 w-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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