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Coming here/ }! X! O, R. [2 p$ ?
Settling down
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Homesick
4 a* B8 A1 H& Q' {: R% J* d" OI measured the miles
9 r! \* r; K( @8 O( t! ^set the clock's dark hands- E% ^( |% C: {2 P# j/ O. J
with a view of returning to home ground$ f% x* a1 G; D( h& s4 M
2 X' v! |$ H3 L1 F" x' h+ {+ ODays inched into years
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go and come back: [: E% n5 P7 f
We never did" {0 W/ g, E+ e1 w
nor can we now
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7 p& L/ @4 m2 ~0 V# |leave our children
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: h0 k; N, o8 E: ?, J" h7 tsettled down in theirs
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' {+ b/ \7 k5 n- W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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