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Coming here
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Homesick) i1 @% z$ L& q0 G5 X6 f
I measured the miles3 l' t2 L# I" v Z
set the clock's dark hands
; R- f* q9 }' v3 Y- Rwith a view of returning to home ground
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9 h! m" m- L7 e% c7 S( jDays inched into years
- h% t7 K8 R. X0 x+ s; BI watched others
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We never did
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resettle in the old country5 x. _% N# x" _
leave our children " N/ s v* ~- u
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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