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Coming here8 }) S3 U% J; J! t
Settling down3 V6 X8 m* O. A; i
was easier for you& C! s+ b6 p3 ?5 ?( ]
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years( a# u' w7 @+ @3 Z
I watched others
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go and come back
& F! w' i) x9 p9 j0 ^# bWe never did
. v/ E& j/ o, `2 fnor can we now5 b: f$ j# z, Q M2 f
resettle in the old country$ K; `' ?3 z/ h5 J+ P. C
leave our children 7 S' [% v d9 n! ~. a+ n
and their children 5 t4 Q0 R% N" U: o
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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