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Coming here; n! v+ O% g0 _. W
Settling down
2 S3 M8 w$ D, F/ xwas easier for you4 H; j6 a! Z% D0 I
Homesick
, O5 i# f+ f# |9 B/ ?I measured the miles
+ Z' Q: g7 `3 h* a5 Yset the clock's dark hands
- A/ M* `* G, X! Rwith a view of returning to home ground0 m+ V" P; z- r b1 S1 C* z L
0 V d4 W" T+ V; Z7 L1 nDays inched into years
I% O; g7 ^6 ^7 eI watched others
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6 d6 p( ~# c0 z& \go and come back
3 Z( f8 ?$ }2 {$ ?$ J2 hWe never did4 K: X) |- o9 u' \) Y8 B
nor can we now; ^# u# o' k0 Y
resettle in the old country1 Y/ v" E7 h- p/ T2 P1 A
leave our children
& e" X8 {- V/ cand their children 6 ^ t: [% u: x2 Z, ~5 x% `
settled down in theirs9 z$ P/ C' \1 b! N5 G
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: Z' x# `! R7 J4 e) e5 L5 y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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