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Coming here; q5 { x4 ?$ x! R# N- v
Settling down
7 T9 j8 s: J3 z9 h. G! Hwas easier for you
3 H5 D% a( R3 r( [Homesick
$ n5 m4 l. \/ G1 U& U* i2 BI measured the miles* E3 B! G+ d8 G8 R: r9 _
set the clock's dark hands! u0 l) M! y: x4 ~
with a view of returning to home ground
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2 |1 c6 y# O p6 _5 l2 HDays inched into years) W4 ^1 M, q( N# C N
I watched others
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go and come back
4 U6 l, x* |- F; G) G" MWe never did
' D4 d% C" s9 S9 {; h7 q# Nnor can we now
, f+ M$ J# |& x$ H; N0 Kresettle in the old country: T0 @+ ^- O: ^4 B# H5 o* p
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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