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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
4 n4 }5 k& i) L0 H2 a, Yset the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years* e( b/ Q# F8 y
I watched others# y( y7 E5 F1 f
come and go back' b) v3 Q, S T% h+ w
go and come back6 o/ Y& o, m4 {) y
We never did
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leave our children 2 Q5 C/ p& [% H0 }! _
and their children
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2 }0 V1 E5 j4 g! o% b0 u2 k4 M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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