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Coming here
4 [8 r! N/ k M2 CSettling down- r; Y) r( F, s& F( K9 I
was easier for you: }; [: i0 c. r7 X, |
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
- E. a3 }" d7 aI watched others
2 \+ Y' v* {4 x& c$ k" icome and go back
+ I- _3 C6 h) M" n7 {9 \go and come back
! d: u1 I2 Y2 s5 d& `We never did, E0 V# }. M2 M5 S9 t: O
nor can we now. e, L# G" L; P- s) k
resettle in the old country4 k! W7 ^/ Y; @$ v
leave our children 2 E2 X8 Q) G" ~; M
and their children . j+ j+ t; j( u0 t# d5 k
settled down in theirs9 E# ^! t' |! j: w0 P- k b1 A8 f b) ^
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% I5 d/ w$ C; m; W4 Z) ^* v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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