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Coming here
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was easier for you
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$ k* t: o1 c2 H4 D9 d! w) R' V8 PI measured the miles
7 ~4 R% L$ S$ |0 m6 _( f2 Hset the clock's dark hands6 {* D+ A; u: o
with a view of returning to home ground; f+ G0 i+ M! \, n4 O/ f2 p
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Days inched into years1 _0 ~: O9 Z' S" }9 Y; W& ~; L) }* r
I watched others0 p7 m1 L+ C/ w" p6 w3 U, L
come and go back$ Q, \' {. z2 i" { J9 z8 \
go and come back% ]5 ]% F7 R2 @. H* r
We never did. P' @9 n) \4 b, E4 d
nor can we now
5 A" u! S# x1 Q& p3 n8 H+ O1 S% Fresettle in the old country) \$ h/ [- U3 S5 y0 f# ^
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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