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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
4 \8 q- ]/ r5 Lset the clock's dark hands
% y. S- Q4 b2 Y4 uwith a view of returning to home ground% v& R9 I9 }8 g7 U
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Days inched into years
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come and go back* T% @& j8 X9 I ^, ] u
go and come back/ ~$ `7 D% K4 o' ]! R/ x
We never did2 W: F" @) n& m, Y+ ^- x6 q
nor can we now' w$ x6 Y8 k2 j1 o. \5 ^5 u
resettle in the old country
V5 _; @3 {( W8 }( s4 C4 Oleave our children
) x6 \% q# {4 p/ h1 ~& Q' @and their children
# y/ V: h( f! A# esettled down in theirs
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* H3 y& Q, |7 Z( A# I2 N) B-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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