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Coming here
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. g& D# b0 c2 j; p+ vwas easier for you7 @* G+ A) }6 a9 | O
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands( K' B4 H! A Q" C% B0 o+ p
with a view of returning to home ground. z2 m! Z* W7 V
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Days inched into years# C( Y& z7 g0 t8 M4 Q, h7 U- |8 l
I watched others
2 s6 Y8 F o7 l& [6 K5 @* X' \: bcome and go back
9 ~$ l# b) B" n ]$ G% Tgo and come back
, S1 `$ Y& B/ J6 J( P3 \We never did9 j9 R: ?+ I' v4 r7 @+ t9 Q
nor can we now
& @4 o! H8 n1 ?4 i1 Presettle in the old country
7 {0 m3 ? F. s$ Vleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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2 D, C6 j4 a3 v% q, \-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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