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Coming here
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1 ?' F) q7 k( o8 p1 r4 i' _! Vwas easier for you' t% ]# ^ B; t/ J
Homesick
+ b) q; x6 H% a' q& ZI measured the miles
4 v( G8 P2 F& p4 Rset the clock's dark hands# l: ~- ?$ S& m# H) \3 L
with a view of returning to home ground
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, f4 h. I6 O! K2 MDays inched into years4 t$ [8 ~# D2 y) `& A& d
I watched others
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$ h0 s; Q; E: Ggo and come back7 N8 f( r0 ?/ M3 v7 I+ ?
We never did
4 o! q$ u& [% [. G% r9 rnor can we now9 e- r9 N3 P0 L" \
resettle in the old country
& q* a- r4 b* n+ y* A! l9 R) \leave our children # U* T3 L( S8 U1 l4 m3 o6 a8 z0 _
and their children D- @% w+ R& U
settled down in theirs
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* [; R, N! o1 C0 i-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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