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Coming here
( ~ T$ L. H- ]5 `% k3 zSettling down
5 H2 ^ V: |& x6 G0 u1 ewas easier for you; |! R, M% n2 u( ~1 y% M
Homesick% E( y, L7 A% B- ]6 U
I measured the miles
, f$ t' n- E" m. p3 e$ f; ]; Iset the clock's dark hands
4 v9 @2 @$ n/ m M6 B" Awith a view of returning to home ground9 s, y! P. J- P% }* h& k
- q& x- G" L0 s! ADays inched into years
# h n6 B* E" N( b4 L" [; q; LI watched others
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go and come back
' C+ g6 q1 N8 z! b3 c$ xWe never did4 R+ }1 U) M* j- Q5 N, b, b
nor can we now
: p( ] b3 _9 |- F; ]resettle in the old country$ I# u" W: R3 B
leave our children
) B3 @0 w+ u5 |1 ~7 g# Q- M7 Aand their children
, t) ^5 F8 y" I8 j) ?settled down in theirs0 D: B- H7 s8 a6 b: T T
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* M) \+ X2 T" {, m/ R-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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