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Coming here
" e! q2 \2 m9 a. l) RSettling down
1 W, z& [5 h9 U3 Vwas easier for you9 B& V' @5 t4 U4 l
Homesick# Z& S. ~/ ~2 d2 J& l
I measured the miles
8 R1 z( b% U* ]/ J! v6 Fset the clock's dark hands
# ^) |* b- B0 V+ a3 ]with a view of returning to home ground
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, m0 K, ?5 x% ~4 tDays inched into years
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come and go back
0 O0 C: V8 `# u3 w1 tgo and come back% D1 [ l( I$ b& i8 X+ R
We never did% X4 \3 m! ?+ N1 r5 r/ a3 h' W
nor can we now
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leave our children . j+ [6 b/ }0 F0 c; I# ^. {
and their children
& g, l( }2 x! H. z9 K# ^settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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