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Coming here
" ]$ m9 Z& T( u* ]Settling down
8 ?. a+ J! L+ t6 i& D2 h7 B$ wwas easier for you
0 u! Y, Y) y" ~: z9 D3 W, K: lHomesick
. V1 r' h, J2 |& f& R& k2 WI measured the miles4 w6 w8 j; k' c" m& b& D4 k, B
set the clock's dark hands
a1 F7 G- k( Z' m1 Ewith a view of returning to home ground: a4 D1 u6 J4 ~0 R* K
0 O* y+ E8 x. PDays inched into years. R" M! U; `9 z, ] c' {
I watched others
, c! J- m4 g+ L+ V3 Q9 f) ~come and go back: B: o/ ?% ~6 k i2 V% N7 S* T
go and come back
2 }! y# \. D* [$ ?0 tWe never did% ]- z% a- |* N, W; A6 J
nor can we now+ {& r( P6 E" h( [/ ?9 Z
resettle in the old country
2 d0 q9 h( n+ ?& L( Eleave our children
# `3 }! H. i' _; s7 N5 K5 {: I2 Jand their children 8 ], z; h; A/ b9 M# u
settled down in theirs9 ?* x4 P7 c' D& j: H
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1 t( @: b: j/ d0 b) G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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