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Coming here
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was easier for you c3 M) v, h; ?5 ~; B# v& l
Homesick' Q( ]4 J( I' d) u& X' F9 K- E
I measured the miles' Q( K0 J8 X0 }+ _' a. U0 z# U
set the clock's dark hands
/ V& B' O3 T& jwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years; f( i) r: H4 n) F
I watched others' X C$ C: L! Z6 ~3 C4 ] X9 v, i
come and go back/ B+ l% T6 n9 _. ]/ ^9 { s0 ^) C
go and come back
% [4 I( v3 k% f$ T; ]7 Y+ G# mWe never did8 R, J8 I4 t3 |1 v
nor can we now( r6 V7 A% y: f6 Z
resettle in the old country) a' k* N- c9 r: _, {1 a
leave our children 8 _0 A/ V" \* U/ {7 M" z
and their children
5 M, }0 X) X' i4 ysettled down in theirs7 T9 q |9 O& j8 }& I' w4 Q8 w
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! {8 J* Q! V$ a+ l-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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