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Coming here
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was easier for you* Q6 a+ D# k4 u* ^+ N
Homesick
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with a view of returning to home ground
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% g4 v( o6 m5 J$ pDays inched into years
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come and go back D" D0 c8 [1 E/ {
go and come back: [' e1 M5 j5 c3 [, T' ^+ V
We never did
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resettle in the old country. w& p2 y* e9 |! I7 _0 |. e' Y" ]
leave our children & k% s& e4 d! A5 i: G/ S# J" a1 Q" R
and their children
. r N. J/ D" N( {* A1 p4 ssettled down in theirs ~, e* f( {) [0 T' Z, `' @; H( i4 \& M
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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