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Coming here/ M& q0 {$ h- H" U! M
Settling down
# N: _6 U' u! Uwas easier for you3 B9 E2 N- G0 I' a
Homesick( J+ ^8 _* k$ N: J5 t4 X
I measured the miles
, d) k! r) Z3 M8 J" r) fset the clock's dark hands2 q b5 `/ g! M' c
with a view of returning to home ground
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1 Q7 ^$ ?# L8 ODays inched into years
* N8 Y1 C4 v' a- s- cI watched others8 L- g2 X' B* b' q
come and go back
) m/ o, D- c& ?2 S" i6 ygo and come back
3 @0 G4 a! t: X' y7 V' M# B7 `4 UWe never did4 ?" t9 }3 n. l9 s8 I8 ~
nor can we now
* L- g$ ?: Z/ ~/ m0 v& dresettle in the old country
8 d. @3 h- [( U( q7 o8 Yleave our children 5 J4 _6 U8 |1 M& l4 G6 [" B/ i
and their children 8 S. R S0 p( Q9 Q$ i
settled down in theirs" z, L& k7 X9 X$ J- i. P. n
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6 \( W, u4 o+ @8 ]" X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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