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Coming here, Y" a6 M; Y0 q' r2 g# T% b) F
Settling down
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Homesick8 ~1 } }0 U" k9 M) |) \ W
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground# F* s. I. n3 L# p
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
- T; s% D# |6 r$ I: rgo and come back
" M( O3 U' m+ e+ oWe never did; N# V* V. o( r
nor can we now) e1 t4 o. O. h) B* D
resettle in the old country
0 ~6 ]8 f L' u+ Yleave our children
: Y& Z! X: c3 r& @and their children 8 P/ F/ _: e4 ^4 @6 v2 b$ p
settled down in theirs
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8 f/ e+ X: z" X6 w/ n' W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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