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Coming here1 b8 a" y5 r$ h$ q9 S" b+ t
Settling down3 }5 a; q0 o- {, ^; u
was easier for you- y ^! y4 l- e2 j
Homesick
3 k$ A( H: |$ w6 `I measured the miles
) r: X( R/ M M! \+ {- w' ^ Q! Pset the clock's dark hands- ?! D% f' L/ R# ?& x" Y7 g
with a view of returning to home ground
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% |% C" g3 ]& U6 j( h! V4 q/ _Days inched into years2 N- w4 N i) A& _
I watched others$ u7 R% m+ G: b* n3 ]- ~; W# n7 o
come and go back
1 L& W) B5 J) [& i. x" [# }go and come back! A5 Y% v/ E6 `5 G+ f6 e+ ~9 {
We never did* l5 U; f; h/ H( ]( ~, p) g# W) H3 \
nor can we now) O5 s5 P2 F {* F, Z& \; m1 e
resettle in the old country! G7 I; v/ d5 Y1 ^
leave our children
/ U7 `: Q. C& P# e2 B: K; `, [3 N+ rand their children
$ D1 E/ ?# w3 T' k0 Fsettled down in theirs0 K% r0 i2 e, M) O) |! a" t% O
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, N0 v9 e' m7 ]) s& W: ~& r-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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