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Coming here! o, ^ ~1 g' c7 t; Z
Settling down# P3 J$ r0 k6 Q0 e
was easier for you& u2 {8 p! L5 d- Q/ s; r" W
Homesick
$ D3 ?, p- Q; |/ qI measured the miles0 T/ I; {1 M, X, P1 _# T& F
set the clock's dark hands- L" m' `* ^+ C8 y/ z# N/ ?9 X
with a view of returning to home ground
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# v+ U# } H/ E, T8 b3 e UDays inched into years
' n$ W. ~# p4 B8 o% H9 s2 ?$ P3 oI watched others
( v8 p# A/ I! ?% Ecome and go back
( O% i; x, X9 J4 ^* vgo and come back. q: k1 b0 Z2 [4 ]) z$ w
We never did
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6 k+ d6 z! X# \resettle in the old country8 j1 j) E9 u, T# N4 s# {$ s
leave our children 7 a) d' }* j% i( u! s
and their children
) S3 F$ [8 ?' Hsettled down in theirs6 ~4 q8 A0 X0 A2 u: l: x/ C
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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