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Coming here8 [! `" c$ _2 P0 N, h7 _
Settling down( O' a- J& w" [0 y
was easier for you
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I measured the miles0 |3 R3 H' M% Q; l
set the clock's dark hands
5 ^0 D# l8 G8 Gwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years. @ S2 X4 M$ T& W% q+ F
I watched others
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# B, o) e( f9 m4 Igo and come back
- D+ ] U" V% p$ s4 }3 UWe never did
- u; O' o3 z8 L+ C) cnor can we now
( T4 r( u6 X0 r: Z; U* dresettle in the old country
O' d0 v! }. C8 hleave our children 4 z7 x. M& X6 I: c6 H& v9 t% j' }, H* f
and their children
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' j( ^. e; @: H: W* q k-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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