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Coming here; S8 r6 t: P; q2 _
Settling down
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Homesick# A( b- a# r5 W' A K% a5 m
I measured the miles1 i' [2 S) V( |; l
set the clock's dark hands3 C( _1 P+ u1 ]& L& A6 B6 F3 |
with a view of returning to home ground
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2 }# @( `* _9 y! ~Days inched into years
4 x7 P' o- y% eI watched others
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go and come back/ f# [8 j4 ]7 D0 R! B2 j7 h
We never did% p! p- Y. E- X% R. F6 o7 t' i
nor can we now- Q, s+ v2 v. r. t; b/ G- {+ I
resettle in the old country5 E* p9 b. o1 n$ |2 N( Y5 d. {
leave our children 3 Z% f, D8 g* i Q+ x# e. d
and their children 8 K( c! T8 [" r5 o! N9 ]
settled down in theirs$ a" B' e. ?4 z, v( e& z
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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