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Coming here
$ D: [/ j7 ]; r& h! ^5 s" WSettling down
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. Z6 a' w: U( z2 `4 dHomesick
/ z1 ~' ^4 i* B2 }) ^4 c* PI measured the miles: R9 A1 ^$ g: Z
set the clock's dark hands) U. T% t. @3 W: d$ ?
with a view of returning to home ground
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; d/ l e, p. b% {Days inched into years
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come and go back% s' d* V' n: X0 v( p# u
go and come back0 Z- R6 U* `% x4 c" t) |+ z! k
We never did
5 ^# B+ R" [3 z& x4 o5 Pnor can we now
/ ]2 R K6 }( w# l6 k/ Kresettle in the old country
: J# a2 k* C# _9 t8 u# ]0 Mleave our children . l; G- W ?: M) H. T n6 Z
and their children
; |! c# M/ ^6 U& J/ Q1 wsettled down in theirs6 \) x& b$ P" Q, R
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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