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Coming here1 j W! p/ N9 q. F5 r
Settling down
4 r9 g8 v4 q2 s% [5 f; kwas easier for you" o0 r2 |$ b3 n# r4 g$ e2 z; `& Y
Homesick& C/ |8 q5 I% W6 Z- P7 H
I measured the miles0 _4 t: v* N3 U8 { d; q
set the clock's dark hands
, g' m) X0 n# S* L+ Kwith a view of returning to home ground' z) V0 R9 C4 _* z' B4 Q$ q8 o
# P- t% A: [- C, F1 x6 }6 lDays inched into years
+ p* o! ~1 ^5 G+ wI watched others: t3 R1 t$ {, [
come and go back) w R3 K4 i; `: S% n
go and come back/ w# D! v9 ]( Z |
We never did- Y/ m3 A+ o' m- I( g1 P! h& H% K
nor can we now
7 l. W, p$ |& i' z% x" K( presettle in the old country
s) Q C& m7 }5 Xleave our children & `. w& I9 b# g" P2 c
and their children
( M# F) C4 }% Ssettled down in theirs5 |* Y% c4 v! H l) U8 a
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6 a% G5 f0 Y: `-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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