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Coming here
$ _3 q) X9 A/ L/ t/ tSettling down
' |0 L7 I/ F m$ ` Ewas easier for you* E2 X% Y5 p3 M
Homesick. c4 `! j' ]9 d4 U/ V6 ?
I measured the miles
6 G2 \3 ^: J4 B& jset the clock's dark hands
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: k+ l) g8 T/ l$ q3 R# a. fDays inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
4 i: ^) g1 J: L3 h/ uleave our children J. H4 z3 Z. E/ }
and their children 5 c, x& r& W ^; H+ V& A
settled down in theirs4 V4 C6 u. s' t. v
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0 y# q" J) k- D- E% L# c-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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