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Coming here
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I measured the miles
, ^! S7 ?* ~, `7 f+ v6 lset the clock's dark hands
& `' F5 s4 u/ O# l! z t' Swith a view of returning to home ground1 \: I' J, \, I5 R7 |4 u ~7 F
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Days inched into years
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We never did: Z, w P+ M* i3 R- @* z1 L5 l
nor can we now
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leave our children $ \) \. f; p0 ~ w% K
and their children ! v; g7 f' W- X8 \* l& M
settled down in theirs
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2 ^4 }+ t8 G7 \2 m. B-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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