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Coming here( m8 N" A1 L4 T2 S
Settling down2 \2 t$ @1 J: C8 x& L
was easier for you
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- T9 u2 l g& T: TI measured the miles
4 o4 t7 C" n, e5 Y# g6 Pset the clock's dark hands
% A7 C! n. A$ b: C! @with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back) j& B: G- I: ?! ~
go and come back- H- A$ M+ v" G Z* K8 u, `
We never did
& G& L6 G! t* O! Bnor can we now' T* @+ }" K' j( n! q
resettle in the old country! C3 C$ u/ T( I
leave our children 5 `* V$ q$ v: v* y1 k
and their children
$ l: y1 [9 q& y$ y; ~. Qsettled down in theirs- D1 ? t2 D( X1 x4 L/ Y
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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