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Coming here
6 U9 f- \' |, {$ T' A2 d& b8 zSettling down- D( s3 L5 K0 U% J: r: m6 y k9 U' y* d
was easier for you$ r* M1 ]+ ^1 c5 X$ ]7 \& E; h
Homesick6 \8 P$ v; S2 L; I. D
I measured the miles
+ w% z0 |: Z, y0 F7 f8 X9 d) Tset the clock's dark hands
! f* K$ O8 \( n' swith a view of returning to home ground. f: a+ H% o7 B5 C3 ]5 E
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Days inched into years
; H( q7 b; a. J7 W* aI watched others8 ]5 ]6 p" R& t. } v
come and go back
1 `$ B. W) n; m% D: j t2 Y2 b! o Ugo and come back7 B- Z, u+ i/ W G
We never did/ ]4 \$ d( u+ _9 Q1 P1 N
nor can we now7 K/ }( x0 K2 L3 Z* k# e5 J) D
resettle in the old country+ `% y6 w8 u: T! }1 \) g
leave our children 5 u2 q2 G5 I, k3 P
and their children : B; Y1 S) M$ j+ m; r% @7 X
settled down in theirs
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# f3 ~8 S( R3 U2 @6 ?1 e( }-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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