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Coming here) i# Q! S2 H) }% }5 W8 H( Y! j* v
Settling down1 O( _4 ?0 y) [8 H
was easier for you
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. w" `& F1 a4 xI measured the miles
. R1 `+ i) r. \# {: ~& e6 m" zset the clock's dark hands" K. A; Q5 j% A: t7 z+ T( ?
with a view of returning to home ground
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) a6 f; x/ G0 U: H' ?Days inched into years3 |2 D6 f) e+ E* E: n! c9 ^0 i
I watched others
9 y6 Y! \ ]; v4 scome and go back
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We never did8 s( N# b, a5 ~, t5 |! \2 z
nor can we now1 U. i% ]' @4 Y0 a9 l, v
resettle in the old country; i5 y/ F1 `) _7 A$ e' h8 `
leave our children & i& t' K0 Z. A: w. H, D. [
and their children ! |7 w6 a& l- Y4 e
settled down in theirs& L+ v$ x5 ^2 R$ A
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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