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Coming here* J$ A/ f' ^+ ~. @" |
Settling down0 ~; |% W( X% i V4 W+ E+ a
was easier for you! A0 w( R9 H, k6 L; d# x1 }" n
Homesick
' Z* _% @( w7 { {( Z7 n+ s$ [I measured the miles( G4 H% {1 N3 |; u4 l0 C) j- F: G% d
set the clock's dark hands
; [: B- n5 `7 g+ }# z& c8 fwith a view of returning to home ground, I$ k' H! Y/ T, t, Y/ }. w# T& R
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Days inched into years5 I! n" r* o! i
I watched others
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6 h1 i3 }. L' a& S4 E* `0 ^go and come back$ Y+ a' c! y' j9 R0 i
We never did
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' n3 n6 |0 S, r) Kresettle in the old country4 B' x1 V/ C8 e$ w: v' L
leave our children / d* \2 B; J* w" Y. a# E
and their children
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Y7 N8 {0 x) G. D c-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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