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Coming here
" x0 C* w$ k1 z% ^Settling down" T3 f! q. V( ?8 X5 [) A
was easier for you( a! D$ h. E ^6 [! ~ } A
Homesick
) x5 w. E( ?$ T- X& D e% xI measured the miles
( p, O: v" r+ s+ X- ~: U9 t4 pset the clock's dark hands
0 _8 E7 {. \" t/ h. l9 Bwith a view of returning to home ground, z6 O5 ?2 a/ f8 C1 T4 e
- `8 _& ?& P- b; TDays inched into years8 D u+ v& ~" F; d% O
I watched others( a/ @ ^) I' B& p. }3 ?
come and go back
$ A; Q4 Y4 M: u. m3 R; e% Tgo and come back
2 {& f" o2 R4 ]8 lWe never did
4 M4 H) D$ }3 ~$ }nor can we now
; `' E! |8 \. @6 Wresettle in the old country/ z7 M- u4 h# m3 Z9 V+ I
leave our children r" e! P8 j. s7 k& A
and their children
4 s5 ^& _. s6 w) m0 O/ j- nsettled down in theirs# O% z/ d V/ C1 X9 j% N
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! ^- h) x6 C( G8 [-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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