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Coming here
* s |+ K7 t" s# `5 `" c$ n% JSettling down
9 @( J" [4 ]- cwas easier for you
- L8 s5 ~; }& U/ S* U! ?1 b' N$ S5 vHomesick
" E, M8 k. F9 V" _3 v( rI measured the miles
1 s$ x/ v$ w- G2 N2 fset the clock's dark hands
& m: N- w$ v* G" Q3 x. s' i$ r, \' Uwith a view of returning to home ground; c: ^0 S9 l. G) {/ d0 b1 ?7 Y5 Q
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Days inched into years
! ]5 ?, I) _7 [: _' G; uI watched others
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go and come back
* s3 u9 p4 B9 S- C6 jWe never did7 n; |& R3 p: @* L
nor can we now
9 H9 A' Y/ Q' ]1 r& I; Sresettle in the old country4 g/ i0 U/ D( k4 ^3 @" c
leave our children U. h! \" P" _& J T
and their children
1 ^% B+ g! z6 R, Ksettled down in theirs! s+ P7 ~- c9 w3 G
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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