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Coming here
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was easier for you2 \1 n' x8 g$ B% R% `
Homesick1 q6 W% X1 M5 w, Y: q4 |, S' z
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years5 s% U2 j/ O y% W" @0 e
I watched others. O$ [* M* X4 ~
come and go back
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z3 J8 Z. `, `We never did7 P8 S" v* I$ l8 C
nor can we now
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leave our children
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u5 {2 i1 S( Z6 b0 ^1 e5 jsettled down in theirs
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6 u2 i: u) [; ]$ K-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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