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Coming here
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was easier for you
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, z* C; @+ b' y3 |" L/ ^I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Y0 `+ \3 w$ y, C* s( x9 LDays inched into years
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come and go back
1 p- V: f* @% }) a) wgo and come back5 o! i' e6 I' B; o
We never did% R, M2 a* f# V5 ~6 w; U/ X
nor can we now
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leave our children 1 ]: H! Z/ r; [1 |! _7 s
and their children
5 U+ H, {# M7 U: O) ~3 _; ]" Dsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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