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Coming here
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was easier for you' z1 P! o" ^2 G5 Q9 R A1 j0 |
Homesick
& s- a: Z7 G2 `3 [+ K0 T* @4 q3 bI measured the miles8 ]6 U9 l d9 C5 V! D
set the clock's dark hands7 W @! j2 C x1 B
with a view of returning to home ground# h4 s. h) w# }% p# t5 }
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I watched others
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8 n1 }+ _, ]8 R0 hgo and come back, w" Y) o/ X& Q0 Q/ J& y4 @
We never did& G* q6 V% p* i
nor can we now4 b; c1 ]) Y& `2 C D5 R
resettle in the old country7 a6 J& n) A% t0 n- W
leave our children 7 b/ p3 o: V" a- b! |
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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