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Coming here
+ l1 K6 X3 O0 H2 zSettling down
5 D2 X2 O8 B( ~' f( F* Gwas easier for you
8 \8 H6 S) i% I. B( z: JHomesick7 }+ `! c1 w; e4 z' ]! _3 [
I measured the miles
9 z6 Z% Q- P3 ]& m7 x) Z7 _ ~% pset the clock's dark hands+ x+ d; O9 K1 B# v6 I
with a view of returning to home ground7 V8 ~2 K8 A" a2 }1 y4 K
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Days inched into years0 n4 }3 q# D0 e% B" @9 X8 {! n
I watched others# p0 o0 |" D q5 g. ^% o4 X. B
come and go back
, T9 e' B$ K, `2 d) z j, dgo and come back/ \, @2 t r' o7 n2 o5 u
We never did
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$ ^ m8 O" K/ m! L3 |resettle in the old country
- ]: z+ \" t& Q+ y' o) ^leave our children
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settled down in theirs) W2 I- p+ O! Q5 i, g$ e$ _
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! }) K' s( I( }! b. A+ s-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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