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Settling down
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I measured the miles# \) v/ ^( V% _( x1 b, `, k
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years7 O8 U: ] t& J
I watched others
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We never did
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resettle in the old country) ]4 s5 E" m( J( B* f) F F: e+ L
leave our children " n% I7 P" G: U' a% O9 m
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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