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Coming here7 s4 N- V e$ l3 h4 C
Settling down8 j9 H" O w+ r0 F
was easier for you
3 U2 ~. M. l& lHomesick
6 h( t% k6 ^: N' L3 E7 \( lI measured the miles. u- J# x4 P1 J _4 [) q
set the clock's dark hands
! b! }! J8 Q8 }6 a- a% W$ nwith a view of returning to home ground. X S, }3 P/ l$ ?, m
1 e/ o! e- j8 I0 }Days inched into years: o. x. i s" u7 o: l6 j* \" P9 R8 F
I watched others
# T3 h2 A; s5 x( |( W* scome and go back
& j2 K% d9 B( V4 n3 mgo and come back$ G( p& X8 H1 _! M
We never did2 r. n5 n8 B0 y/ Q1 |9 w; D# K
nor can we now
+ g+ ~# x+ a1 |. O! ^' ]/ M5 _resettle in the old country% a% H3 q- D* ~3 z( A: }
leave our children
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settled down in theirs+ V+ [# k% g7 R6 d, O: \
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3 b3 x& v; X7 j, X8 z& I. w# G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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