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Coming here
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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5 F+ K( A$ O' `- r1 ODays inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
7 Y2 o, o8 F3 h9 g& r/ Q0 aleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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$ I; `& _% b" C+ ]! S- ?# B, W M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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