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Coming here7 l2 C8 N% k/ V, D* F6 d5 [
Settling down1 ~7 _6 \/ v. ~; Q0 U# T- _
was easier for you z4 J1 A6 L. {/ J* d5 Y
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands1 z1 q/ [$ Z0 T. b4 b: @- E
with a view of returning to home ground/ l2 _- I! P3 s) z; c, n
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Days inched into years" t c3 L9 t# M2 w
I watched others7 ~! @7 G3 z' `7 r7 b
come and go back. p9 R7 z( Y1 Y" K6 _
go and come back1 R" p5 I: J9 ]: _' _: l i" o8 t
We never did
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8 g, |- Z# Y7 q) k9 o6 p% wresettle in the old country
! M4 R5 z4 j y. n/ _4 Z! Vleave our children 6 t1 p3 J# y6 O* }9 G, _
and their children
- V3 @+ G5 W& s9 W- x9 Ysettled down in theirs3 G m3 B q) C4 H1 c2 K( R6 b
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# B6 b& v" ]' w0 E3 U-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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