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Settling down
9 ]' Q( R$ F) U: A: \was easier for you
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; R* X2 F$ w" E8 b8 u- F* DI measured the miles
7 f/ B5 R" \3 `; C9 Aset the clock's dark hands" u, n1 m6 Q: j, |) @* W* b% I3 l6 f
with a view of returning to home ground
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4 g3 e/ @% k+ u$ ^Days inched into years1 j( j0 y* q" x- ^5 ?
I watched others9 u& H, g- x% c
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go and come back( c- l4 W" U: E, a1 U$ u5 v
We never did
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, n9 ~9 j+ b0 h* V4 zresettle in the old country
3 g/ Q8 i. J. H _% S0 q1 xleave our children * y& C" ^" n" e, \- {' H; ]
and their children
& e: r X' `3 ^* U1 a" k1 Usettled down in theirs+ P% b* i! d8 L- t! n2 Q1 A
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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