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Coming here5 [- V: C( B7 P# S Q8 Q X
Settling down/ g; x* p' L4 C! B
was easier for you/ j: o, ^3 M0 ?5 {
Homesick
5 t0 o5 M) C" j$ CI measured the miles
A* Y) ~4 A6 X$ X: H3 B: k- nset the clock's dark hands
( u7 G% m1 s2 _# Z, twith a view of returning to home ground
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) K) {, Y9 z: S/ H+ ~" GDays inched into years
. u9 F' B' p" C* U' rI watched others2 [, U% g( }4 V
come and go back
+ C% E; k- U5 O& ugo and come back
/ n% D. v- _ f! q( FWe never did& \! A/ h" x2 J1 T. v/ `, E% ?
nor can we now% |& u1 y7 z0 M
resettle in the old country
1 U5 ]( p+ N( ]; O" gleave our children ! O$ n" q9 Q7 D" T' Y+ D
and their children ! Y* d- s2 n$ i( C$ U5 r. m: ^
settled down in theirs- a" M6 T& @5 ~3 v: g
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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