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Coming here% M1 I: \8 @; S; \$ J. S& T3 l& L
Settling down, E7 o/ X* b- [. M) t5 D
was easier for you! w- T3 m: L! n/ ~0 W
Homesick/ [! o* @: S! `# t. n. P. [
I measured the miles! E4 i6 k- z g: ?: U/ H
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
# z5 _; S/ y9 [7 sI watched others
, u9 @! R) P* G- C7 zcome and go back0 \% I# v {7 I$ h! h! B
go and come back8 C) p" v4 g5 Q0 K3 H: g8 B$ H
We never did
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resettle in the old country
' d- F! S. S( G% d) {8 f) y7 v5 Gleave our children ; }6 i7 O7 f0 s8 x4 n ^9 Y0 G ^
and their children
- N; o' h! h" r0 g, q& [! a% v6 osettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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