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Coming here) @* j1 A; a S9 G
Settling down
# |" {# P ^3 m6 B7 c# U4 Fwas easier for you
+ }+ }4 ?0 \, h$ f' v( xHomesick' G' U% O8 r' s/ v$ Q. ^
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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* t" }& Q4 U BDays inched into years
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come and go back
* W, h. Z7 t! P/ J$ Ago and come back& }' x, u* e9 a& d' v' \
We never did. u& E% X7 Q: E* W: h9 D: w1 b" [
nor can we now3 P* ]& U' z& M, u
resettle in the old country
1 l) V4 z% s( m2 Lleave our children
- U" q6 ~% T* m1 jand their children
( Z7 I9 e. t% Y& \. W( Z. ]) vsettled down in theirs2 R; X* i& o' ], v8 w- H
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; t5 Z/ t3 Y" M% N-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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