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Coming here- }) `, t% Z6 C+ _
Settling down) a3 g0 G9 I; b D
was easier for you0 V8 m" L6 w9 S$ ?& F7 o
Homesick5 Z6 o' ^! p' Y& M0 G
I measured the miles. n* [8 p) K0 J/ M
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years- P) J* s$ a Y8 x: f
I watched others9 f9 Q9 ~- O9 _* _; D, F5 t1 ]3 i# z
come and go back, q2 ~4 W) @( Y ^; }% b& l
go and come back6 j4 e8 T% T# W% m3 ]: b( k2 }
We never did
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resettle in the old country
, `2 h+ i4 \4 O4 S$ M# [5 ^2 gleave our children / u8 S% r% C; g, }$ N( c
and their children . J5 R0 I2 X! U3 [
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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