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Coming here
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/ \3 q1 I% W2 d. cwas easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground Q4 l$ t1 Z7 p4 `: i1 L1 J
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Days inched into years
# u7 Y1 f/ S3 B$ w- o, qI watched others
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, [8 k& n2 k" Y/ m8 Vgo and come back; S( N6 {. [- ?5 B9 w6 o3 }
We never did( p6 Z. G" L/ U/ f+ H
nor can we now
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leave our children % B2 _2 }" r- a1 k! i# i
and their children \" b5 x, N I2 N3 t0 N d5 p3 p
settled down in theirs9 G5 D$ N# X8 C5 _! i
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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