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Coming here& L7 r( N0 `0 k
Settling down7 K+ q* u* C/ Z0 v
was easier for you; ~, `2 f$ ?. Y. k: f, t
Homesick
; g* `+ [; q4 s d' UI measured the miles- {4 U# b8 b$ R! e5 K4 T; ~
set the clock's dark hands; w6 w+ e/ G& \/ O* _* K8 v: Q
with a view of returning to home ground- z2 s! J% a6 J3 e0 A
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Days inched into years. A5 y7 d# m, L0 N, a/ U
I watched others! B" Y/ u5 Q. y+ y/ d4 o
come and go back
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3 x! y6 I. R8 DWe never did1 E# p6 w; x% P6 |) L/ f# w
nor can we now7 s; }2 }, [1 d$ ?+ L% k3 G
resettle in the old country% Y, [6 I. D$ h7 @$ B/ p J( q
leave our children 8 e6 H) q' q1 F' F
and their children ) A# T# ~; U3 f2 k* j
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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