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Coming here
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was easier for you
7 ~2 H( ?5 j% w& f! WHomesick
8 {; F8 b% L6 E0 U XI measured the miles
/ U+ I9 D; x1 n3 o$ @" Pset the clock's dark hands: X$ |2 P5 I7 ^' N) n0 h
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years8 a2 M4 \% g: S! b, L3 F2 ~5 e( `3 ?
I watched others
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- Q9 m5 A8 t0 Jgo and come back
" G3 l0 h4 N- V; H0 zWe never did
$ { [0 k7 g- |, y& nnor can we now
. \4 N: y/ B3 w9 x7 Mresettle in the old country
. ~' @4 V, c- Qleave our children * I1 S- q2 D4 d- z( h0 S8 m+ m# z
and their children " t% j# @, G& U6 s) p/ O2 F" Z
settled down in theirs
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1 u0 ?$ m' @1 ^4 M' X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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