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Coming here! s9 Z; u1 L: d w, J: }. V. o
Settling down
$ B W( L0 v4 w3 Xwas easier for you B/ A6 b' w0 E. U+ k& K& q& ^
Homesick
# w, C2 W5 |$ ?2 ~/ K' R$ T: KI measured the miles! L7 f4 n+ x; ~, F7 J; K3 T9 g1 V
set the clock's dark hands
7 Z8 v* Y1 C2 fwith a view of returning to home ground
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( A- F r; s+ d+ PDays inched into years* i& |) K" L% Z' E6 d
I watched others- G+ G" X' s# B% h% [
come and go back
; ?" i& R- D" y% Vgo and come back
. k7 j% C+ u6 ^4 CWe never did+ W0 K4 C% r: |. d" J
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resettle in the old country/ z% D Z. t; ^2 l; [1 J! k4 J! K
leave our children ! A; K: F9 \5 q" `" ~7 |6 M m
and their children
$ O4 ^( b) A4 B1 z, b* U3 {settled down in theirs
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* {6 i3 P+ Y1 \: u-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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