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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles7 _9 @" t2 i; x# r7 q! V
set the clock's dark hands6 p8 q7 c; y/ f: o4 S8 q
with a view of returning to home ground+ t" b# R, c/ l; z9 {0 q: @
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Days inched into years$ a4 E- F! o S" E1 z, C* W
I watched others- y& n' o& Z5 \! \- u
come and go back$ q) |$ R4 q; n6 I
go and come back
0 j$ W. U, J# ~# AWe never did' H5 Y5 {! F- P1 q" a, i. v
nor can we now, p& D3 e5 V# n3 |3 A
resettle in the old country
\3 V2 T0 V" y+ K0 qleave our children ) ]! b* v% Q( g& o1 {
and their children 7 v' K3 K" [' X6 L8 V- N
settled down in theirs
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" h! a+ U3 a i U G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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