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Coming here1 v2 n1 S- m2 d! _/ {! p
Settling down' ^ z% v3 P o9 g d& i
was easier for you
' \8 H' \1 U/ [ e o6 X/ A! s% \Homesick
; ^' e+ {2 J0 P3 B. L0 x8 g: f* k. ?I measured the miles2 G% x9 m- S/ V4 \. @
set the clock's dark hands. B5 a) F1 R$ n8 J0 \2 d
with a view of returning to home ground! ^9 ?" a- P" x/ H' m
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Days inched into years
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go and come back2 H- `. z/ H+ x- G, U" B9 `* n
We never did
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resettle in the old country
4 Q6 S/ b" A" O+ A$ X9 Hleave our children * _/ B4 c, o& B( p
and their children 6 b- ]0 Y, x4 `# g2 t" v* m
settled down in theirs: U0 d3 T1 C ^; {( R Y$ |
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: |, t- T) a; B( P5 h" t ^-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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