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Coming here
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: S- K) M: Z k/ Mwas easier for you: O- g: o; o; }0 N3 n8 `' a
Homesick( Y$ l! |( [' r% J2 k2 V+ ^2 |
I measured the miles
( ]' ]" y0 x; l% c% Pset the clock's dark hands- P$ J& S9 n/ T4 `, B% w8 v2 S" @
with a view of returning to home ground, t2 B; g* @7 z( d [
5 u: Z7 G9 c0 r7 |$ D7 ?% Y& N* ADays inched into years
8 I$ a0 l4 j( j1 _1 G/ f9 `8 jI watched others
, p6 S* T6 f8 z$ r/ T1 t( _come and go back) V! R. w: V7 N; u3 A/ t6 u: @
go and come back7 D. g$ k o; e& w% a4 d( N
We never did+ X2 z$ Q. X. [3 i( o
nor can we now5 c0 ~1 a" A5 Y" z
resettle in the old country
0 J9 q# J( V7 Bleave our children
n d. f7 |8 A2 Xand their children
- l. y u1 Q2 G; P: J- P0 ]) ?settled down in theirs2 a! o Z: m+ h- q
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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