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Settling down
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8 g I& M; _1 s% b; \! e8 AI measured the miles
$ K( S4 l* y! Q$ H$ j" Yset the clock's dark hands
0 D8 y7 u( C5 n0 lwith a view of returning to home ground$ g& a; S0 Z" w) F; z
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Days inched into years: A7 d3 S, u0 o+ {* l
I watched others
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We never did
! m, e' Q9 I9 @5 [nor can we now
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leave our children 6 F/ ]% ^1 h; @9 p
and their children 8 a& t D* m4 T6 z
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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