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Coming here
% n' t8 j8 l# h& H' jSettling down+ ^8 P1 u) I7 @; r! ~, D
was easier for you, y+ L' L3 t1 Q7 @) W1 T4 u5 G, w1 P
Homesick5 B3 I# x& i3 R/ u1 y$ n
I measured the miles! i5 S# D* W- g2 k8 d
set the clock's dark hands
" A, n! b1 O4 o! L9 Swith a view of returning to home ground
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1 I4 j7 S) n. f$ ~% [- Z$ @Days inched into years
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come and go back
# {% U( \6 l8 `go and come back
/ M# T; g# ]1 c% P/ i6 |! u5 T3 LWe never did4 A! c: m5 E; u D9 z6 ?% \1 w$ l
nor can we now
% N* d0 C/ `! r5 d5 t( h9 n4 ^resettle in the old country
6 [: t6 u5 y* L* m, Eleave our children
7 o4 G, {/ E9 G' G( Dand their children
& ?2 L. b8 B6 gsettled down in theirs. v5 t K' t2 {* y
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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