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Coming here
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was easier for you+ z4 s2 X8 z: T2 I# A4 j& d
Homesick
9 N- I8 M3 m! m$ bI measured the miles
% _+ {5 X3 Z0 Z- n% \set the clock's dark hands
6 u1 _5 J* i7 p+ d8 J" [9 Nwith a view of returning to home ground3 ~2 V8 j2 i: Q1 R1 n& X! o( k
- ~5 c/ H l: z. w" hDays inched into years
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come and go back
8 g o0 v! M3 q! s5 W5 }/ ]go and come back0 j8 ]2 P# \$ D* o
We never did7 F5 v- M3 D! I5 B
nor can we now
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leave our children
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7 \8 `7 [, ~* E5 z* v- f/ esettled down in theirs/ U: C+ M M I4 B3 M+ G$ I, v
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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