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Coming here: z2 a1 f2 ?6 e: d
Settling down$ g k3 {5 C- P- v: n v L
was easier for you" L; u: e" b9 M- p- B, D
Homesick
3 z% M$ N% `) o1 I! F0 K0 U4 VI measured the miles7 h L" a; b1 E3 c- i
set the clock's dark hands& |2 I+ d* e x9 U# q
with a view of returning to home ground" Z+ J3 I. Q) F" ]$ ?
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Days inched into years
: o9 K' E1 m, cI watched others
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& L" F" n$ w' Hgo and come back
* O+ q7 X8 R4 }* O4 [We never did
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resettle in the old country
& w% n5 k: f% V5 ?! b. Ileave our children
. A/ U/ V1 U1 P/ U6 J" Q- }7 ~8 E. Kand their children
! v& V0 G" B9 K) nsettled down in theirs9 X; c4 S% \- p$ \7 A
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+ W8 T0 E! A1 m+ n% |" v2 p S-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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