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Coming here" c( w! ~) \3 ~! _
Settling down" Z1 Q3 g- L7 e
was easier for you
# E: q+ l0 `! bHomesick
P& `( Z. p3 w* j; wI measured the miles" u+ h" e7 \$ \) T5 m+ W
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years+ _, t- s1 x) W4 C# L& z5 ~
I watched others
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2 P, E3 y# o" P' [3 P NWe never did
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resettle in the old country3 {7 L) h0 }, I
leave our children o+ N( a1 f" U
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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