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Coming here
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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I watched others
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go and come back( p, [- J% x: @$ ]) ~) C1 G& w
We never did
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leave our children
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- A1 y. e2 a+ O* M5 Psettled down in theirs3 L, }. W1 S& [& M( }) y i
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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