Coming here * n) u; v8 q7 x$ `" Y( K ^Settling down! S. a4 G" ~% h" f( _
was easier for you : L- r5 n7 }$ l' GHomesick/ ~; B( ~* e$ L& ?( o
I measured the miles ) v( F6 R/ D Y$ H* c* Rset the clock's dark hands ; h5 ]& D# b* `! I# iwith a view of returning to home ground$ Q* I4 o1 t) c5 w8 \
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Days inched into years {7 u& g% _9 P( Z0 \% V- j' q) j/ m
I watched others $ g7 a; r' C: Kcome and go back + C) X8 F8 q0 @5 C3 a' kgo and come back7 q( ~8 d' e8 C
We never did 5 {+ a8 w6 b8 k: a$ \2 Enor can we now : ^ _+ B9 n3 Oresettle in the old country - @ p# X# z$ o' hleave our children - H Q, _6 R ] Vand their children 3 ]9 B6 t6 B I9 n. C
settled down in theirs8 c5 m* ~/ M4 f' Q
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. I$ ~ p; ?7 |! h \- N-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990