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Coming here( y; f- M3 t/ }3 O
Settling down3 H& U% w8 V7 f
was easier for you: _5 E$ H# h! t; U( s9 [6 o
Homesick
* e' Q5 `2 X' E. S" d iI measured the miles
h% g; {; k4 P! Y! j! zset the clock's dark hands& e1 Z$ W( ~( P5 o
with a view of returning to home ground
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3 g8 i" l* w4 W3 {* _Days inched into years
" k/ A$ B' J& r. N4 ~* rI watched others
, j9 V' a: B v" K) b9 e$ v) Lcome and go back5 J/ d5 B2 S- T6 n+ F
go and come back
8 k3 O" Z* i! W. M4 w3 P* cWe never did: }5 Q1 n, }. {& ]. ?
nor can we now
6 p$ h, E; {9 R- p' R/ }" Hresettle in the old country
$ S! ?3 K6 M- f% k- bleave our children : ~4 N" s5 @ @, M0 S
and their children . u5 |% U% s: G5 N Q( f
settled down in theirs
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O0 o" J: J' O-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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