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Coming here
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P+ z# b5 m8 d- A- n) N6 ?was easier for you
3 R0 {9 T$ f1 a. m4 aHomesick: _; b! ]1 c- ?$ I
I measured the miles. \, {! R& A. P( e) R
set the clock's dark hands( Z" u' M. G0 a, y8 O" z
with a view of returning to home ground
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) T; `; j7 F/ G8 x3 JDays inched into years
. [7 c* P. q5 ^* W/ Z# y. qI watched others! s1 e" C7 L5 K. `: m7 H* n
come and go back8 H& \3 v9 Q5 U% `
go and come back
4 K* z: T0 ]" x- ~; u1 ^" Y& p& IWe never did9 N( i7 c1 d: B! K( L
nor can we now* s5 s l* c7 {' z7 c
resettle in the old country6 u3 E/ J6 K5 x0 h& A
leave our children
) i3 W; L9 u& U( [) Hand their children ; T' l' Q, F; \! F& t M
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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