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Settling down
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Homesick
~; @9 W s2 g" [! FI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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8 n! ~) n; }. U& g* iDays inched into years, u4 c! H1 z, A5 w* s
I watched others
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We never did( m8 q: L( T( W" l3 N
nor can we now- o) q4 Y8 E/ E' Q# q0 J# F
resettle in the old country! r. Q4 o5 }; O) f
leave our children
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% C* i4 c$ V9 H7 F8 R: b, m+ A, q) Ysettled down in theirs) y/ c# M3 G* K. h& p
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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