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Coming here/ V3 e6 d. L- n$ [$ N+ K: _ r
Settling down
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( H' l9 _) P7 I/ N+ p4 e* `( v7 Y xHomesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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: p! P5 k: V8 P* q% S$ R- O, p' W1 KDays inched into years: Z/ X5 \' b9 P1 j0 C8 H0 {
I watched others5 B% _8 V& m) @, L' d) o$ x
come and go back
5 d+ j' {( a! ogo and come back
; R1 G" h6 W! A$ n' _We never did
) l6 e8 W; H( R6 _; w3 u# ^nor can we now
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; a# K; ]% w" d, V+ Q; {leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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: S2 w7 M* U0 R-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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