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Coming here% A' C5 v/ c( O3 a$ j( A
Settling down
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I measured the miles% E4 N& t5 h V0 d# R6 f
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years/ X7 h& ]+ Y& j5 K l& \
I watched others$ ^) z' S6 J7 I& }; V
come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country6 Y/ ]9 m2 i4 v! @; I; S; T
leave our children
( A4 s, H3 f+ {6 K! V3 gand their children
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8 @# ~. F- C$ z& H4 L* r6 e" m# j-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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