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Coming here
2 Z% R! B5 E; t) f2 i6 @Settling down
3 [3 V- _2 g5 l* o/ Jwas easier for you& m* n, @7 J6 }0 x2 ^3 w2 @, ~
Homesick& L( |1 u8 ?" m; Q* Z
I measured the miles3 X* _- C: \8 A
set the clock's dark hands. @3 M& n$ Y: s% j! z" J: l7 O
with a view of returning to home ground4 A) z( a7 L7 f- _
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Days inched into years, O8 {+ y8 V& b/ f. p( d4 b) L
I watched others# W; u) E0 e2 K
come and go back5 F" W% P% |: i
go and come back
4 G: m$ j2 D" h, v! f4 K7 aWe never did
2 _, n2 Q% e( P( ~: p0 }nor can we now8 S6 e5 u) ^' Y7 K) T# [: n
resettle in the old country" S* i# G' H7 B$ `. e! ^$ v; A" k
leave our children
2 _- z# |) V' B' k; U* _and their children % j0 _8 O) Y4 V7 o) w( }$ ]" }6 I
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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