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Coming here+ `8 K8 W3 f, \5 Q) i2 |" U. t
Settling down
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Homesick
1 H$ L8 P( Z5 M' F2 X9 bI measured the miles2 K/ N: O. z9 s8 ?8 o5 D
set the clock's dark hands/ a. d$ H+ J& Z5 S( W! o
with a view of returning to home ground7 l2 P" H; q# ?5 p/ {, X# m
7 x! x" y9 N; Z EDays inched into years1 X# |+ d" I$ ~" j5 l
I watched others/ A7 e: m. o! v R( t+ U- K6 q% P
come and go back/ _. y j3 v( J8 }+ V- `
go and come back
, X1 }' I0 Z7 k( ^# {0 I+ [We never did
& t' S) O3 O' G; j8 y- \/ O8 ynor can we now
9 ]! W' m# i8 G3 H2 M- Dresettle in the old country1 [0 j* c+ p7 Q; o
leave our children
) n1 m6 ], p/ ]' k: e' h, u9 Sand their children
. ~! R& i j6 R! s4 Zsettled down in theirs
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% J9 f" B/ H' N6 c. ]-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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