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Coming here
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Homesick' ?, T0 _, q. ^) w, S
I measured the miles
& v3 C, W) {; r# j% V3 ~set the clock's dark hands
8 P2 ]- p* _4 I9 u- y+ F/ F& F8 _with a view of returning to home ground, I h5 m7 S+ e% P
/ \+ z& L" I; ?4 i8 \# @/ zDays inched into years
- n/ y3 e8 u: R5 W& y6 V/ dI watched others
+ ^1 T# ?$ e- |come and go back
7 b" b/ m: V. t( Q( a. g" rgo and come back
4 [, f9 i9 P+ }% U9 pWe never did
+ a" ~. J6 V/ d3 B3 c$ U+ Rnor can we now+ z: f+ l6 V+ w* i3 s+ ~3 y
resettle in the old country. S: o) e0 u( k( [* T% k* K
leave our children
7 j- C: z8 U0 y; `3 |" L% ]4 eand their children
6 V+ _9 C7 i: ]! G6 R1 J8 R5 l2 asettled down in theirs# t* ~& R6 j( H1 h/ ]
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' W" U: N- i6 p0 Y( A-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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