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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground+ O, r, y, m! z, `, Q
$ \0 ~ E; x* U0 BDays inched into years
7 Q# ~. ?) u s4 ~* Y, @I watched others
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go and come back7 m4 U; C: F3 g/ p& J
We never did
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resettle 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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