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Coming here
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I measured the miles
: L2 H8 ]% u; a+ W, e+ o' lset the clock's dark hands
# m3 P ~' C* K$ t& P7 X- K( ?with a view of returning to home ground, R. I' @, l9 [; t
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Days inched into years8 C0 ?& w, {: P0 z: ]6 M/ Q
I watched others
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go and come back
4 [9 J e* i' \- sWe never did
3 p2 P3 I' N3 {7 h7 F. m) W6 {nor can we now0 v% k) S5 Y. S! c8 \4 |# D7 T& V
resettle in the old country& T1 Q6 j( R% V% c; O
leave our children
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settled down in theirs$ i( g7 ~& b: s
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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