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Coming here5 {, }9 ^ ?' ?' n8 S
Settling down
6 T9 k- Q* K( f: P# Gwas easier for you" N$ K @5 ?7 y- c6 U
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I measured the miles
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$ S M, Z8 g, Q' M7 Owith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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' ~4 q" U# H; R4 V: o, IWe never did) N4 f1 W+ b- M: F
nor can we now
& D& k/ `* n+ C! h Y X% yresettle in the old country# K" e/ R$ y9 p( Z3 m* f) J! {
leave our children & K4 g$ V1 l9 u0 ]" D3 }
and their children # a" U% F/ a' q! s. H/ Q
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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