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Coming here% S8 {) E; @, M7 S9 _; K
Settling down8 `+ |1 r) F( ~, u4 a2 x. S- j
was easier for you
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I measured the miles
% `3 ^; S4 O% v9 w" V/ \: T7 Vset the clock's dark hands
4 W- Q! G. K! g" s2 B2 Owith a view of returning to home ground; P" a3 v% U4 k( ^" b
9 ], c! @( |7 d r( H5 P5 PDays inched into years9 G" j' V5 u$ r# \5 s9 b7 G
I watched others
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go and come back6 I5 n% o* F8 C8 l- i
We never did
7 S1 X+ w. Y& T8 B# B k: Enor can we now
7 K1 H6 q& O4 P$ K; V0 vresettle in the old country3 D" u, |' {3 t9 R
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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. |( L$ t5 G; n-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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