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Coming here+ I* A" g' I: w( s7 i2 g3 W* D
Settling down
! ?* w- k. y( E7 owas easier for you
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I measured the miles# I" \. _$ F6 K$ {
set the clock's dark hands5 B2 d* N" t ^) w6 F
with a view of returning to home ground9 ]2 }# W+ a g0 x' B
3 F& ^- d2 k0 c1 e- g1 HDays inched into years
+ F4 u; F+ r6 c9 K: ZI watched others5 J" T$ [! X: [
come and go back
, N" B/ r2 t* i9 S/ Y7 i+ vgo and come back! Q' v3 s& b, n3 R) u+ F' V# e
We never did
+ B/ I) a" X& `nor can we now
3 R! ~, L1 {, H9 I) C. Uresettle in the old country5 U! M% d5 Y1 a2 T) u" D
leave our children ; X# Y5 q$ s* Z& D% m! _. ~
and their children % t- P8 ^+ C# Y. H# K2 L& t
settled down in theirs7 ~' Z' T9 Z/ f; ^
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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