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Coming here+ A! J# ]( ]" J8 U( k& m" y
Settling down+ q- |5 n% {$ M# ^; c1 @
was easier for you A5 L! |) e; D/ K7 o$ R" E! {" s( M* ~
Homesick
7 A3 `7 ]" }' J3 z( Q0 MI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years+ E$ b: y' P: z, ?) A" w
I watched others& u6 C* [6 \/ z) j* E9 ~3 H/ x0 I
come and go back
2 H9 b R, g% u4 A! v" X4 u6 Ogo and come back1 d- F1 X1 z0 @4 o# i6 U7 K
We never did0 S* O( {, u8 J
nor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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