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Coming here
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was easier for you
. \ T% w1 `8 V) L$ e6 B% o+ zHomesick
5 h" p* L2 {, D7 B" [% ^I measured the miles1 C% g0 ]& C( @0 `
set the clock's dark hands
5 a' x2 p/ K2 e4 G" M- g( fwith a view of returning to home ground, c# R# |& M- u C, y
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I watched others
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go and come back
% m$ a3 p5 S2 z) ?' VWe never did- W! A7 q7 n5 v3 o
nor can we now! o r1 n) A' o3 n6 S. n/ r
resettle in the old country
9 @8 P! ]9 q; |6 }# }% r2 p4 H: zleave our children
5 i" U; U6 i- P7 f& R0 \* L; c5 Jand their children
9 X0 f1 u, Q: ]) psettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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