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Coming here) x! Q/ e% Y0 @! k7 t7 w9 C
Settling down" P4 B2 o: ]8 q. x' N
was easier for you* b' U" b, _8 U' d, S u( T: z
Homesick7 B% O5 x& i0 d$ ^& K
I measured the miles
, g q. _" K) s5 s5 zset the clock's dark hands
5 v( B, v& [/ b+ g7 h) rwith a view of returning to home ground; H5 ~+ O/ {: b% s
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Days inched into years
2 U* H6 j# z+ p8 [- tI watched others
6 c4 _5 ?* F3 f3 b O# Ycome and go back
4 k7 ~; e! j1 `! Pgo and come back
# b& X" `# Z, cWe never did
4 p! ~ Y) ~& [; m# z! G& y7 jnor can we now1 E( E6 i* H8 D
resettle in the old country9 G: K6 F9 [# f H4 R
leave our children
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4 a. W" b* J) O- N/ Esettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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