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Coming here$ z* j. i. q+ `5 S! K% z! N0 F& k
Settling down
6 \7 A5 J: y( z; Hwas easier for you1 k; h @0 h* b% R# R2 i7 U
Homesick- N3 Q6 e) O @. k
I measured the miles
# K4 G4 e, d2 d" C+ W! Pset the clock's dark hands- Y7 i N" `$ h1 Z% f. L+ z
with a view of returning to home ground
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( c4 r z# R) }: M2 WDays inched into years
2 X+ r. l1 x: c) A; j% [8 AI watched others
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go and come back |. ~, g1 \9 m- N/ X( V: q
We never did
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resettle in the old country4 e+ }1 U- z2 z- B- j$ l
leave our children 0 J, t! Y# ]. q6 _9 H' B5 e8 H
and their children ' S1 e8 d9 B3 l' Q# c
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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