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Coming here3 C6 V, C: D% H& I5 h
Settling down
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Homesick: X7 ^& E8 @0 F! M3 ?
I measured the miles( g( t9 [ i+ V8 u) G* a
set the clock's dark hands
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) q1 S+ ?! Z6 v% x7 K ADays inched into years/ T7 Y3 p6 w. n4 F9 Z
I watched others
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go and come back4 i4 D4 G& d7 C5 Q* m
We never did
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resettle in the old country( n% j* [# |# L; N9 A2 m
leave our children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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