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Coming here
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was easier for you( k' u I7 S- q N1 ]8 f* M0 w$ E0 d4 m
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years# [: G+ o k V5 f+ R' S+ A0 I. J+ { u
I watched others$ @. i6 F$ x4 Q5 U
come and go back8 D6 I6 X8 c0 n1 [
go and come back- R. J, _% ?+ _* ~2 V
We never did
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resettle in the old country
+ f* e! R/ H0 D2 k, wleave our children
/ J1 x- G2 Q! O: R9 ]+ P; Hand their children
1 x5 ~4 b1 i4 m# Jsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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