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Coming here% p- n% t" Q# M0 i
Settling down
2 f8 J7 l* K. Gwas easier for you
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6 X$ P) R5 W9 Y( |0 UI measured the miles
8 W* \, p7 Y2 Oset the clock's dark hands
$ g- \& Q; I) Q6 c' |& K! Nwith a view of returning to home ground9 L- c6 a! ^2 j. S9 v# b7 I$ S
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Days inched into years
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go and come back5 d9 S' L h% |9 b2 V; U
We never did
s! d9 ]% e m6 Bnor can we now
, n9 F. L* e. F. P2 n) Oresettle in the old country$ {- N8 b) D1 l1 m9 y
leave our children
- e9 |$ @! X. u6 ], D5 Qand their children
; }! q; U- N* [' d4 jsettled down in theirs6 @ B# I9 S. k) S& b
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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