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Coming here# U: G& C7 _3 ?" k2 l; y
Settling down
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Homesick
) n+ U: Q# M, M; }: sI measured the miles
$ y# R, |: |$ f9 G. b o* W }set the clock's dark hands) d/ U A7 l- [
with a view of returning to home ground, T1 ~) `: c+ s$ y" h. A
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I watched others U4 ?# [( K9 q* H5 x
come and go back( {5 u8 y- f: L, F' O& O5 a
go and come back
( { C! x7 Q. M( sWe never did
: n6 F8 G2 r7 u0 |' _ mnor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs; F4 P8 m' V5 X: y' z& c' ~" N
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9 q" L7 @! Q2 b! W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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