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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
; Y/ m6 n2 A3 p) g9 N& vset the clock's dark hands
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: U' ^, |" m; s# Q7 B8 QDays inched into years" R. O6 ~/ h2 g' J
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come and go back
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We never did
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leave our children
9 i0 s* _& X7 p K2 @5 k$ i+ Yand their children H* y$ i8 o0 k/ r# p
settled down in theirs; ?2 T' p1 A' q' M/ y! o
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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