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Coming here
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was easier for you8 `' I8 j5 i1 {' e T( _; _2 J
Homesick
# ?/ @( I F& _I measured the miles
/ q% ?) W. V1 h( Z0 Y% ?set the clock's dark hands& c% `$ b5 b! h2 y3 r# f. T
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did9 q# A4 t1 {% d3 e6 n& g( j5 Q" k6 M' k
nor can we now
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leave our children
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+ a! [2 x6 o4 n, fsettled down in theirs% I; I' w4 B5 Z" A% Z
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$ Y) p) d+ L' }, X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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