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Coming here
& C: A/ f+ z DSettling down
, _& \; H$ t+ x/ Fwas easier for you G9 O9 G X% E: Q0 ~' W2 B& C& J! `
Homesick4 a6 W2 @- Y- C
I measured the miles: E) _. q9 c' J! D2 p
set the clock's dark hands( V7 r. m8 i8 z2 E
with a view of returning to home ground2 z; A$ _% C$ w7 D
( x u% t5 ]& \0 a7 F# ?Days inched into years" `8 N( d0 P v+ I6 Q6 g+ R+ j
I watched others* H$ u" S9 ^' L9 n6 Y B
come and go back
; n" w7 T7 D( H% @# j1 [go and come back% q' l% B, h: \, n7 A! }; G5 z
We never did
# _# x: o9 W/ K+ D4 Hnor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs- t% V6 W( C+ U6 O" ?
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# z0 H3 Z: M; J9 y+ {-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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