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Coming here
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was easier for you3 f& r4 g" T7 b: k( i' k$ m4 y# f
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I measured the miles
T' t1 Z: n" b: r: ?& b: n+ Pset the clock's dark hands
! a0 r5 k4 Q2 O- s$ Y& Mwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
9 @1 t* ~" ?( O& C/ A9 bgo and come back
, b4 [4 E h/ W4 P. h# HWe never did
* O y& c* l) W# O1 J5 m lnor can we now
; P/ k& r g2 y& a' X% p2 rresettle in the old country n$ H3 d4 d, Y% }, g/ f
leave our children
$ @( |# K, l6 R- q$ N$ aand their children
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* c4 s# k5 x1 C; m4 J/ X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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