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Coming here
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was easier for you
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with a view of returning to home ground
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I watched others
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4 Z, Z1 M5 Z# C: @' Y* E" hgo and come back. W' H1 ^ |1 J3 x# U; @3 _
We never did
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4 `/ N; \5 C! Hleave our children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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