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Settling down
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I' k0 [; t( v/ H1 ]Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years5 O: i- @9 x3 T% V
I watched others
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3 M) E: B7 m" k1 ?+ Kgo and come back
6 L9 l$ e: x$ JWe never did
' { r( B8 z# R( Fnor can we now
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leave our children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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