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Coming here/ J+ k) L. B9 `
Settling down
9 K# R0 W/ s6 lwas easier for you
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& O; `+ @8 q1 Z$ q; b0 fI measured the miles
' B( P2 U W4 n! U, Bset the clock's dark hands' T9 R) Z- y3 k8 b
with a view of returning to home ground8 r% \2 S* g) X
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Days inched into years
7 m+ ~4 n* _2 N s) e9 \3 F' c( P% aI watched others) _/ B: F9 f8 r* j7 }
come and go back5 v: P& M) a* u( f/ ?
go and come back
! v/ D6 T, N7 v bWe never did
) ~% ~2 [7 c% M0 T9 Y) qnor can we now
f; W, ]: W; Y6 H, u0 V: dresettle in the old country
! r; x* c* w+ U# G. d+ s. Nleave our children 2 a2 r U3 J* X- ~" k% H) g
and their children ; w" b' o3 A; i" s5 K
settled down in theirs& c8 Q" ?2 |1 t( A2 T
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" ^- B( A1 |4 n0 X5 v8 ~7 X0 j-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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