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Coming here
. b* _3 s7 D# r! F! r) }2 u: I3 _, xSettling down
5 P& T# F" `& K p/ c6 Bwas easier for you6 P" h, ~5 k8 b4 B6 G
Homesick
1 k) {( f+ j# _I measured the miles
; g7 E- j7 `! R( z9 P0 B& gset the clock's dark hands$ P3 l6 r# }2 f' v
with a view of returning to home ground
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; M4 i* {" I# UDays inched into years
( Y% r& g0 A. o& qI watched others8 S$ _7 ^$ m: F
come and go back3 k2 _6 i+ S- s2 V9 \: C3 ?
go and come back
! v8 d) }1 I6 w7 g3 QWe never did# Y! \: j* _8 N* n7 ^
nor can we now
" l" B1 [0 p: l( q% X7 Aresettle in the old country
7 ?1 ?, M. e# b- D' ]0 K0 Zleave our children 3 x1 T" l9 J+ H/ n( f2 }' g) j
and their children ' T% f0 e/ [- k) b/ e x
settled down in theirs
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$ V: W6 b/ Z# c& N6 \2 E; A-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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