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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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$ M& y) a% \3 b2 W; MDays inched into years
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go and come back% N" p' e$ s* ~' o( j# |7 B
We never did; d: z" C9 R# D% s% c
nor can we now G0 |4 _+ z4 F6 n( h
resettle in the old country1 ^# D7 R+ W" Y0 h& `! U4 S
leave our children - `" c6 W1 y7 v; b7 u
and their children
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9 ^' m" n% G" r$ N8 W* N-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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