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Coming here, a) s0 x9 ~3 N& T" A: W) ~% U
Settling down# R) i7 z) r' n4 `; {
was easier for you
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! `& p h/ m" q$ EI measured the miles/ d* [& \+ k8 [; O: P
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
. k$ u6 I, Q1 ]7 l) D* Ygo and come back
5 G1 L1 Y# Q# NWe never did
: r" S1 n7 F/ x- n$ O0 F) Q9 anor can we now
8 }1 e2 F4 [3 e( L, M; kresettle in the old country
7 s J; `3 t* Q7 o% yleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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$ `* \2 l9 g2 N7 \6 q4 D9 t-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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