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Coming here
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was easier for you u3 V4 m o6 b0 k9 j
Homesick/ S& d# u2 D- `- p |
I measured the miles
! `5 H- ^" q+ e& C0 J- ^) mset the clock's dark hands& C& s t p* a8 I5 Y O
with a view of returning to home ground1 N7 S7 N/ u1 {
1 p0 ?% O9 q* B0 Q- j- GDays inched into years
! W+ a n V) j7 {# N4 t4 ^" b+ FI watched others4 T% G. Y) V! b% T
come and go back% t% Y3 L1 S" l |
go and come back$ k3 R3 `3 \6 E! S
We never did2 } z/ ~4 Z: `- v- \
nor can we now
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leave our children , n b+ C: R0 m" h( `( z4 |
and their children / c/ N. Y7 N" {& @( d5 q) E8 q
settled down in theirs6 ?: Z3 f7 O, f3 L$ U6 I+ ^- A3 i
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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