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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles7 P! a# t$ x/ [4 y* m- `+ v
set the clock's dark hands
: ~ y Y0 ^. q1 B4 ]) S8 Z( Twith a view of returning to home ground
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& }, k7 j- I3 Q5 S0 MDays inched into years0 f( A# M3 x7 T$ ]
I watched others$ e' u- j6 k& ^2 R+ m6 h
come and go back
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8 N) z" A0 a3 r8 p7 XWe never did# M& J6 w) W4 f c! i9 A3 v E
nor can we now/ G7 D7 Z5 x/ b8 |1 \
resettle in the old country# M$ D3 O6 g3 @. V
leave our children
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6 D" w8 P: s0 K6 v/ X2 O# ?4 A- g-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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