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Coming here
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- \+ R# m) ^, ]; A0 B4 D/ fwas easier for you( c: b/ W4 d/ c' q" F7 L% L
Homesick
. u: T0 {* ~" X$ w0 r- u# lI measured the miles
( W' K2 h( K4 S7 H% | Iset the clock's dark hands
, T; E: X5 l% mwith a view of returning to home ground4 O4 m" f# L7 S7 d6 }6 Z
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Days inched into years
+ f0 @* \- ^% N& U% S0 VI watched others9 e3 E# u1 f m1 w
come and go back
; g! E7 E1 `% f0 w ^ tgo and come back
0 o4 w( U; R. _6 E nWe never did5 \ E+ d6 h$ G8 l0 ]
nor can we now
" d P$ X. O* S7 x4 O% nresettle in the old country
; }# ]3 }5 a! @! v) |- f, {. jleave our children / u4 i& z5 r8 B! U5 h+ `) ` v" |
and their children , t; x3 Z( y8 n. Z
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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