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Coming here( v7 k5 Q! O# {) x
Settling down a3 i' z& T8 d: |0 o6 X
was easier for you7 @" k! U( E/ o1 {2 D5 T+ B# G E
Homesick( a' w' d0 H! m4 |+ O- s; P
I measured the miles5 Y0 Q5 }% k# c8 H5 s
set the clock's dark hands
) x9 c7 O4 F% ?! A1 Qwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years4 x- @4 q! t# h8 n/ L2 k2 B: o
I watched others
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go and come back
- [2 `* O9 z7 X/ qWe never did
2 @8 G# b9 I' xnor can we now
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; i" R ~% G& sleave our children
; g) g. v% P! r$ Nand their children ) Y6 T6 B2 ^) H0 M5 \( `
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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