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Coming here2 b3 C; R5 }% L% d- Y$ S' J$ g) p; p
Settling down- E: g) ^1 _( f3 z
was easier for you
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I measured the miles$ M7 O+ o6 M1 V. V+ Q/ F
set the clock's dark hands
, G7 j+ x3 _/ @) wwith a view of returning to home ground# C9 D v: H+ }) v0 u: ^2 ~1 C
8 T" L7 r/ a. I& tDays inched into years7 f8 P- r9 U; `. K
I watched others
6 B% p- z! ]1 f8 z' }% j# dcome and go back8 L0 V4 L# O v
go and come back
7 X1 i$ W8 I* ^0 _6 T3 QWe never did) h& c/ c, t& x5 r
nor can we now
% @5 `: v- v( g3 _2 Yresettle in the old country
: ~1 q# F& D' g7 D( c# pleave our children
+ X8 k& B% y; ?+ u+ N8 d; Cand their children
- O) D3 o3 l2 Psettled down in theirs' b5 C: S. k$ C i
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+ j, m4 R e; m, g" E# M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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