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Coming here& V+ a9 I& O) ]+ y7 Y( @
Settling down0 x& i, b2 U+ j% J. V3 h' K2 w
was easier for you
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- I" z0 c: ?" i8 A. J* ]; jI measured the miles
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6 b. _5 N8 {: d* f; I2 c. ]with a view of returning to home ground2 \8 f2 C5 X% P; h/ V
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Days inched into years
, @. P) z' @ _! O1 ^! ?I watched others
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go and come back/ l! r7 B; P- Z/ r5 ~
We never did
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resettle in the old country. M, }8 C& N( o+ v' f& m/ d
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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* F; R, A! j" j: O, g-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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