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Coming here/ i2 l F; _# Q0 _6 y
Settling down
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I measured the miles! K3 v9 r9 ]' i" s7 {; j D
set the clock's dark hands! Z/ q4 q, S1 b" i( D1 d& `! I
with a view of returning to home ground
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) w1 w$ m+ u0 G3 ]9 H/ bDays inched into years2 u/ `6 `' f* |' ~2 M5 v# F
I watched others2 K- {* |3 M: j, @- M
come and go back" t( y& Q8 l7 N9 I8 E6 I3 k8 ~
go and come back3 s3 V: }- l+ @" g4 S$ T, A M
We never did
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/ G) P8 `4 v5 u6 o* p0 Eresettle in the old country
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and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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