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Coming here; ?9 u/ u. A% d, q: R
Settling down
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I measured the miles
4 Z. [& O& T3 h6 w0 y1 T6 f4 Lset the clock's dark hands
# X4 W; r$ L0 H3 o. K( [with a view of returning to home ground" o& G# ` f' S9 L5 U/ T
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Days inched into years
( j+ x9 `% f) I! b* AI watched others
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We never did8 H4 h' k9 g8 Z/ n
nor can we now4 m' r: V6 ~- H* ~2 A
resettle in the old country g2 p( K. B) T; S' A& D
leave our children
3 y+ e) s4 h5 F, S/ }5 K5 wand their children
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1 L' w/ q# Z: M5 X, \# C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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