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Coming here4 ^6 c1 p' S8 X8 }
Settling down8 _. r5 w: B% O$ W) N; l" L+ t
was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground! ^, B1 P) |+ n4 g3 U
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Days inched into years
' d5 K$ ~; {+ n1 cI watched others
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go and come back
- m; s) b; E6 h0 V3 C" M$ l+ hWe never did
- @' w) t6 m% t8 {7 l0 anor can we now
+ z8 h; _: R# H2 ]( N. p4 `resettle in the old country
$ s0 B9 a# }5 z5 yleave our children
! H4 u* C9 D/ Z* b p+ \) qand their children
7 ^" ~$ _4 X: h6 a+ d) e3 }settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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