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Coming here% V2 {( v: O/ { W! ?/ Y
Settling down
5 c5 s( s$ J# Cwas easier for you
- K) j! G" v2 A9 }$ YHomesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years0 j9 L& s- v) ?9 R \
I watched others; i0 S# d0 e! n( E) ]- b
come and go back
* K7 j, N2 _: O6 M, K vgo and come back; Z6 _4 v5 }4 ^1 Z; R1 g
We never did+ X9 o+ T; e: \6 n9 d+ A7 \
nor can we now
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. v5 }" o$ _; m* ~ T. ` ^leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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3 M, o. } ~7 a9 Q# Z-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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