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Coming here3 d1 @# b6 ?- y
Settling down
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9 Q1 `' J- |, k2 [5 C( y$ q3 zHomesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years* ^; J- y2 ^1 [
I watched others
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; O5 e2 m3 o8 d* ^ mgo and come back& P n1 R/ H+ L0 i
We never did4 d* l$ {9 q, [
nor can we now
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) F( J8 I8 G' z; Mleave our children ' [, F. |& R+ s
and their children " }4 i$ F _, p! r5 Z# V9 \
settled down in theirs& P" k! C, O; S' O7 f V
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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