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Coming here% i) C4 u1 y+ y9 w/ G! o4 W, k
Settling down
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Homesick
( W& V! p2 D% d0 z6 N QI measured the miles7 |# K# A& c8 Q# H L$ X+ v4 Z
set the clock's dark hands
3 P# ]+ }# P& Jwith a view of returning to home ground' g# H2 N k+ S: F! Z
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Days inched into years
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come and go back2 F7 A3 l( V* A' l* I
go and come back
# A. z5 n. C0 j! nWe never did; L! i/ h4 J: B% O& q
nor can we now1 P% _0 N) l ?2 r6 F( J' {$ h
resettle in the old country$ N4 Y% F/ [2 G$ F1 P" X" _/ Y
leave our children
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settled down in theirs# W1 |, ]0 l# t1 e, E% l# ]
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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