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Coming here0 g9 N/ o1 }6 ~/ O8 a4 x7 K
Settling down5 k" _. E7 |# A
was easier for you
+ u) x0 r. N3 ZHomesick
4 n% Y7 |* e7 S1 `3 X' Z0 ~7 h! ~I measured the miles
# A; [1 d) e% X$ ]0 c1 b- b8 s* bset the clock's dark hands1 I! L9 C* a) {" F! C* ^. |
with a view of returning to home ground8 J X8 B0 @% ]% r0 N0 E. J7 R
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Days inched into years
$ n) X4 e) d i9 ^; B2 |I watched others5 }1 Z7 [+ k2 ?/ @5 d
come and go back0 L4 i( L; S& }2 W- o
go and come back
c8 L5 R/ f X4 bWe never did$ A' W! {% @% \) B! h+ D
nor can we now- A$ s' U6 j$ P) s" h
resettle in the old country( d. j3 V; ]; y9 k1 W @
leave our children
2 J8 | K. U7 \+ Tand their children
# k, n. ~; }4 Psettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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