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Coming here
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was easier for you
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I measured the miles% N2 Z: p1 W6 v7 A4 n2 y; o1 p
set the clock's dark hands
/ ]3 W5 d- I6 ~6 \with a view of returning to home ground( D, K( d1 b0 X: U
/ p e8 r3 u5 ^) t9 zDays inched into years
+ K& C2 L& ?+ ]$ AI watched others
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go and come back
( E0 @5 O5 @1 @- V5 hWe never did8 E& m. I v$ {, W" i0 ^
nor can we now
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leave our children
, ^ x0 V' w! m. Z: ]+ J* f+ Band their children
/ X3 c8 @4 k0 Y6 ssettled down in theirs1 T9 k4 }3 \0 c0 A t B/ u
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6 w t/ L. X$ C8 X" |-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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