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Coming here
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8 g( t& c% c7 w- y" w9 bHomesick9 w/ |1 j! ]* L9 l# R/ M
I measured the miles
, _5 }7 ~: ?) Y/ G3 vset the clock's dark hands9 R' `2 s) i) a
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back3 o! [4 T2 F$ n
go and come back- S/ N. {. N }4 {2 n9 a) n& a# N# m
We never did
1 F, w& }0 N8 k% Dnor can we now
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leave our children ; q! J. B7 w U- U1 a! j4 K; T
and their children
; V) N3 }; A8 N( d usettled down in theirs
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7 d6 Y$ w; R4 ~5 Y' D& b& C+ _* B7 @-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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