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Settling down: c. L$ R! ^- G# k) W! f
was easier for you! q+ P5 a" S* `0 u# @/ w8 m
Homesick
6 J0 }# J$ r/ \I measured the miles
/ S. o8 P7 F5 r* M, E* Nset the clock's dark hands
; @) m" J& T4 O! twith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
8 L- j- d' [) p9 `leave our children
7 L4 j/ V0 e) X0 Yand their children
8 m1 Q% l+ `& x9 F" j0 a1 U/ usettled down in theirs) I# A9 J1 B/ y2 @: c3 B6 j
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; B& r+ f( U2 A% F$ W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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