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Settling down' A ?7 x* g( u# D0 a+ h0 m
was easier for you
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/ d. r3 \ z8 s0 MI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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go and come back6 H6 ~- `/ T& F s) A
We never did+ |, d! q, U; V1 q
nor can we now
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leave our children
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8 B0 [, T# L8 j: j9 Csettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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