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Coming here3 B! F% ], E) `& i# B
Settling down" G+ D4 N4 O% b
was easier for you
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I measured the miles- Q1 d5 O0 {% X* r6 Y
set the clock's dark hands8 a9 _" r1 y: v) s" l9 l
with a view of returning to home ground/ S; B' Z/ s: u% P! L
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Days inched into years
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come and go back, U* a g5 ~% U& p
go and come back
! z# t% q: h9 t1 \We never did, y4 `) ~# z5 \# V
nor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs/ P- O% w! B1 F7 i$ @7 i
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_: n8 d. |# e e8 `" S" ^+ o3 W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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