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Coming here4 e, P. W$ B* l# ]
Settling down9 x4 z# W" Y8 L& J+ L8 C
was easier for you2 y7 X* C3 E' m8 a' V
Homesick
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- M: \3 m! s8 v$ v9 L7 }set the clock's dark hands) r$ Q% ]" b! f% [4 r# |- }
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
# l9 h& J8 e3 gI watched others
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go and come back
0 h( r: \& i7 x1 N' x: l0 qWe never did
8 w" t, \5 `+ M4 ]nor can we now( p" J. n1 @) y0 @6 p
resettle in the old country1 f" [7 s8 ?* Z5 t# y6 k& e+ T4 M: t% d
leave our children
1 {* I; B+ |1 V2 m; G. zand their children
' o# z. t! m( _+ p/ bsettled down in theirs( ^/ I b1 Y" l' ]
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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