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Coming here
* h D8 b* S- Y1 [Settling down2 ^ a( ]0 O( w3 ]3 O2 K' ]
was easier for you* Z) q* v6 @1 W1 t* P* e
Homesick M7 E4 D9 Q4 L3 A5 u( W. N. x
I measured the miles0 p1 e6 S( b! h4 e* s2 C$ n
set the clock's dark hands
2 o0 B; i4 ]9 v0 {% r' mwith a view of returning to home ground0 h4 k8 r( V8 u% \; O4 e7 A
# D0 J) D+ @3 c) B, v1 O; w# s6 _Days inched into years
* c+ E* K, z. ^# v8 TI watched others
* Q+ |1 T6 d* z x- ?! b$ ecome and go back+ d7 A" j9 ?9 e0 t! g
go and come back
( O8 q1 f7 }1 J( CWe never did, ]" T! {8 V5 I. p4 z0 r
nor can we now% g* k7 `% q4 I
resettle in the old country
7 B& `# W d) p; zleave our children 2 l1 c7 l9 [) j1 d5 o6 x8 N9 u% O
and their children 7 } R* ?7 M. G2 R- P
settled down in theirs/ j: [' e1 N2 Y- X ~% u
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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