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Settling down4 X4 |4 H8 I) s+ H8 t
was easier for you
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I measured the miles" H1 a% b/ b* w: ]9 Y) Y
set the clock's dark hands
. G D2 Z- e4 ewith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years8 T& P! u! k! a0 J/ d
I watched others
1 i+ ^5 i7 I6 ~7 z# \2 l& l/ D( Fcome and go back' I# u( b* J9 e& q5 J) i
go and come back
+ p3 c6 L v& e$ X$ x! |/ FWe never did
) D7 }$ r. @7 Mnor can we now
6 M$ T6 r4 B3 y7 Q& ?/ \( L7 Xresettle in the old country
5 W9 @0 T h- J! o, [6 bleave our children
, g- }/ w- Q2 Tand their children
3 t8 f) ^0 a( v- I& [settled down in theirs
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: Y" G9 I; E9 n9 v0 Q+ g; H-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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