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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I H7 W o0 D' m- h' DI measured the miles9 i# ]) m* q# ~' @6 {, S* d: d
set the clock's dark hands
% }% I* d6 ]' Uwith a view of returning to home ground
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. H/ j# _6 `7 b) oDays inched into years7 R; i7 \/ y2 A6 L0 |+ u; h1 ?
I watched others, I/ Y( \8 K3 b0 p+ Z, L; s
come and go back0 K) ~2 X) s* E7 X3 _% P
go and come back3 W( l: q1 J$ x8 V- F9 }
We never did5 `3 v) K$ `( M' q: Z. x/ K" \' R
nor can we now
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leave our children
+ P, E4 d' c& k" A3 A Kand their children
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% I2 ~7 B+ _% \* A; m6 c8 U-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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