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Coming here4 \ w0 Y/ m4 B7 v; j( z
Settling down8 a W" q3 B( L, j y- `: t4 A
was easier for you
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; b6 _/ o2 s$ A+ E( Z e' b! gI measured the miles- o) |/ M1 `7 v) i3 D
set the clock's dark hands
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$ Q# r. t; g* U% SDays inched into years3 g) y- E+ @; }
I watched others
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go and come back
' m5 {/ {' c" F+ RWe never did' Y& u' {8 n; U* C. ]' `
nor can we now
, ^$ j( X* Z- I/ Uresettle in the old country
* f6 p/ g8 ^8 |+ w. w- x% s. Fleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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' G2 t! C- u" \" D! a& _-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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