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Coming here: H2 E; Z- G! T/ ^
Settling down+ ?$ F/ Z( G- N* M5 t/ U" U( g
was easier for you/ C( X" C! p* D1 F- v5 F( Q
Homesick8 x" g2 F1 z5 Z) l0 v
I measured the miles# i p9 o% f! B. l) j
set the clock's dark hands
$ L; w5 ^0 X- _with a view of returning to home ground
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8 ~* u7 ?. H' R. w, \2 I( bDays inched into years
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come and go back4 |! e# j, k9 A6 Y( h
go and come back( f* `, }& Y* D1 I' c4 Y9 z
We never did
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resettle in the old country
1 r8 s Y) V7 ~! @6 V4 o# l- Dleave our children ( G0 a% d; |9 F/ {% @5 j" ?
and their children
& c) ^* ^4 d' H' r0 bsettled down in theirs
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/ V/ X; o$ A: ~& Q4 I-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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