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Coming here: J9 x; j+ q+ r, J: \( o
Settling down# @" r7 M- H0 Q; _6 ^. e N
was easier for you
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* ]# l8 l2 M s' N QI measured the miles
* x! m2 C9 I0 A) N' Uset the clock's dark hands' b# C! |, q9 ~. G
with a view of returning to home ground f, _# u5 u& B
( }& |9 ?' F h, S$ zDays inched into years7 u, x$ D& T* u/ L( L2 Y9 \2 F
I watched others4 j0 C1 R3 v. {4 G0 W
come and go back; h( B3 |% ]0 _3 I
go and come back% I7 l' A7 N9 f. P' p
We never did; L' I7 O1 c' v
nor can we now/ q+ M- p* n( d( F& m* b
resettle in the old country, B7 j$ s# P( U( q) b. I
leave our children
3 T8 ~# x3 h! R ^6 Sand their children ! N' K6 C6 D9 r* u2 N0 U/ s
settled down in theirs
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$ B0 q2 w# X9 i-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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