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Coming here8 X! J& C1 L7 U( y$ M& F; F
Settling down4 N2 R9 \% D) P/ R5 F$ L
was easier for you e* S6 K/ t3 q
Homesick7 H c3 F; C: \- n" p' P$ o
I measured the miles: J0 J7 T1 H8 }; \4 C7 [
set the clock's dark hands
3 m5 `0 D8 j l8 ]% S0 gwith a view of returning to home ground
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" {; e1 B9 t2 \' l0 Y: r0 j5 z- MDays inched into years
. s& E/ l2 @) N! W; eI watched others) h8 K1 X& l* M4 g
come and go back7 G0 {4 N3 ?/ R$ z- C' b
go and come back
0 h6 D0 s: N" [We never did
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resettle in the old country. ~1 \4 i" J! a8 B% u1 [9 T
leave our children
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& N5 Y: D; D. Y. R' Z& C: dsettled down in theirs4 { t* u4 i/ h: a5 Z* {6 V7 _$ \
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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