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Coming here+ N; _% \5 k8 M2 l: T
Settling down9 ` B# I1 r+ X. Q f5 R
was easier for you
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I measured the miles L! w3 D& U6 l; d
set the clock's dark hands A) [: }3 [8 [
with a view of returning to home ground7 V! |) E# k* S
; W }- ~ a' }5 N9 B. z6 MDays inched into years
; U7 n: m* B) a. YI watched others
1 |0 X& o- `& |0 y& ]0 Hcome and go back
4 `8 E1 ~+ h8 G1 H8 k- y0 y" Ggo and come back
q2 G5 g$ u# H! r8 ]3 _We never did
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resettle in the old country- y" I; F& U" k! D0 E6 A
leave our children
D1 S. J* k, k4 F3 Z# Qand their children 6 k5 d1 a+ Y, S. X. L" s
settled down in theirs# \: ^8 t- j' d
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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