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Coming here) ]3 _) x( f& |
Settling down) J3 A: o* k/ x7 h; n6 A& u
was easier for you
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I measured the miles. Z( H/ L; U$ z {% b
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
& k6 ?* C" V# Q n6 g5 m3 Lgo and come back5 O7 b; f2 i2 Z2 Z0 P L8 ?
We never did
' p% n, }" Q) y% B$ I" Cnor can we now* ^5 I1 {! [/ J/ ?- H5 s1 L6 S* u
resettle in the old country
8 l2 j; { J% ^6 _leave our children
7 x, d' m* N$ D5 ^! i; Wand their children 6 _# W; e0 L* A. l7 k# W. O
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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