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Coming here0 _1 M' x! |4 s! ?7 v: P& X7 [
Settling down' {2 }! ?, O* U: F
was easier for you# Z/ |5 q; d! Z7 E) c
Homesick- d$ ]( ~/ B& H, y" }
I measured the miles" i2 ?6 p# S) W
set the clock's dark hands( ]- n/ G! c4 U( e. L
with a view of returning to home ground B* x( k2 ~& Y; U4 Q* }
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Days inched into years1 x& ^& a f4 }& Q; F5 O
I watched others
4 K) T1 t% Q. G) p9 Acome and go back
! c0 l8 k. {5 o3 J$ l1 Rgo and come back: o& O w4 F" y- O/ M8 ^% y
We never did% A" {4 z8 c2 V! q, V m
nor can we now
& |, v8 V6 ^/ s; H# u! p4 Aresettle in the old country
9 P! X8 v! e( b& B4 p& R; J2 Oleave our children 8 J9 S7 O& C% a# A( O; i
and their children
5 Z: R$ e0 Z# E1 @9 |1 q8 M3 hsettled down in theirs
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, b# D" o+ F a) i-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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