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Coming here% }0 n& c, F) F% ]% k
Settling down
+ W: m5 o0 s# g3 b, mwas easier for you
4 i* c% v* V+ g i+ ?% }' pHomesick
7 M" o2 G" V ^$ p1 r" @3 P3 f6 pI measured the miles
, ?3 A/ `+ R9 P& R3 S- h9 Dset the clock's dark hands# ?- w) S7 @5 W. h" x. L
with a view of returning to home ground+ I3 J( _1 |% h3 }, u
5 o/ G! h+ a" x }) n7 VDays inched into years* j, c: e: Z |
I watched others
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7 ~! P/ L3 E- e* x8 |$ d3 S3 h. Fgo and come back4 W+ e( d% b: x2 ^) \& ]* Y
We never did0 _/ b8 L$ f$ z) R# i/ I: }
nor can we now1 W! N; [ e+ Z& T. b
resettle in the old country
* A9 p4 i' S! F( f+ Y! ^+ o* gleave our children
/ e8 k" Z/ s, Y4 Mand their children - c4 l$ \4 R# r$ C& }
settled down in theirs# L# l1 b" B5 F4 R% `
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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