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Coming here5 e# G2 R, i) v$ H n5 P
Settling down' w/ C$ |2 e0 q& J+ m" b, _" O* M$ f
was easier for you
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I measured the miles& X/ w% k3 I" |, i8 Y5 h( P- N
set the clock's dark hands3 w L1 b$ Y n. v: N! F: \7 o0 t5 v
with a view of returning to home ground C- j# D8 v3 {! V. Q; k, x
3 \9 q/ {# Q( A- T1 q8 }Days inched into years6 G+ C( f5 {5 X9 f3 Y9 A
I watched others
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+ D' {* p* \" V4 ugo and come back0 y, C, B7 l. `8 [$ o9 a& U
We never did
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% R4 Q, s6 T7 }resettle in the old country
' d+ e. t- H. u" U1 P( Lleave our children
3 B0 e$ c' O0 i; X. ]and their children
5 r! T6 D( R) N5 J) Gsettled down in theirs1 s9 |/ S6 s/ S# a& t5 I: G9 x
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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