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Coming here3 \ \2 q0 t5 Z8 ^
Settling down
1 M2 C0 k8 D f4 [! Bwas easier for you, N0 @; j& l5 ]2 u1 `4 Y+ x
Homesick
9 F. P E$ B* ?0 a: `/ n9 VI measured the miles! T. W K* |2 X$ ~% U
set the clock's dark hands
7 O R; k/ r! [7 Vwith a view of returning to home ground: D& \8 C8 f$ e' N
, d, ?. E1 Y6 [+ s! H& aDays inched into years5 C6 Q5 M; q! z4 _% _ C
I watched others. x- c# d. L |, h, u
come and go back5 ^5 C5 q+ n( h: H
go and come back
4 x( x! D6 l: N$ DWe never did
0 u, O! q# k6 a* q9 onor can we now
& ^9 N& |! p5 {: Cresettle in the old country
' M; L3 m6 _3 w) @leave our children . W1 E$ d, ~1 @; S2 a5 Y6 B
and their children
: k4 e% N( m2 ysettled down in theirs& B( T5 z& S' k/ n
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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