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Coming here
2 s& c9 y% k, T/ sSettling down9 _7 B; U- t; ]5 B- S
was easier for you9 k, U, J* {0 J9 c
Homesick
6 B2 P. h3 L% S% yI measured the miles
6 O" T8 P/ A) \/ `( g& cset the clock's dark hands
! w) [. @& J" H9 L: m9 {with a view of returning to home ground3 Y( E2 [0 ^ X0 y: Y& S( B
7 x( A3 I; I7 ~& T5 n* u% vDays inched into years
% z2 T( X) q% o- S! [4 BI watched others# T5 G, l3 J- G( e' t# z% p" m
come and go back$ P) S4 u0 J' {" F+ r
go and come back
; e. ]# e6 ]$ NWe never did8 e! ^3 ]8 ]8 m& Z$ R( f5 E
nor can we now
- i8 r( `5 a7 i. jresettle in the old country( `, O( u+ t8 b9 a
leave our children % S/ n6 Y! n7 q% l4 I0 Z% e
and their children ' Z) N2 n; {+ C" i/ D' x- J
settled down in theirs' K4 v4 H7 [6 e$ N1 r9 C. k
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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