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Coming here% k% z' L! \2 ~; h
Settling down
0 v$ {1 Q' G( gwas easier for you
3 B+ x4 u: d0 ^' fHomesick
6 ?# s2 f# n, x2 C, ~# F' GI measured the miles F* N O- c0 U8 m; q/ P
set the clock's dark hands: G4 V; n3 U* i
with a view of returning to home ground8 }" a: S/ h. A
' k0 N7 @6 d, O% A/ c8 mDays inched into years
! }2 M% @ m" S+ lI watched others7 V( h5 @# U" I) [: b! q% H; P
come and go back' ]9 |4 \) X$ @, k. J
go and come back! g- _9 l, n+ i" @% J, }; x
We never did9 E: y. l1 ~% T* A8 c7 D
nor can we now
+ q* i( x( K: e2 c1 c; c! m nresettle in the old country6 e. x* N4 D& t) d
leave our children + N4 M9 u! f; \: z/ \2 P
and their children % p; Z/ o# _' K3 w5 r$ N
settled down in theirs
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" R' h( ^) a9 n3 {-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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