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Coming here" b# o# O2 d: c4 V
Settling down9 T0 y: K7 F+ E. q% e' F. \1 ?
was easier for you+ g8 @% J0 [/ F8 S* S
Homesick; c, k* H ^, k+ G
I measured the miles1 O* ^% T- o7 v2 }# }
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years) G( f4 f5 x! f. Y- W) Y2 Q4 Q4 y* u
I watched others
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! g! O3 o2 e( B" ogo and come back
; j2 j- J! m1 i1 m0 j$ f9 e1 sWe never did- o+ _4 s: K- ]: _( E
nor can we now, ^! \1 n8 @4 @9 Z+ Z
resettle in the old country) m& H; c+ m N4 s4 d, X) m
leave our children 0 r7 c1 `7 {( W/ a7 p: j( h
and their children + F: L# Z: n0 v2 F: e
settled down in theirs
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! P# Z! |/ K; I, F/ M, o-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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