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Coming here
: u4 V# D) V% dSettling down* N8 A |) M) k1 `0 V; G( G
was easier for you# s; |/ g7 z2 z- h! g1 Q
Homesick& x( v# U9 O9 A$ l# q
I measured the miles( X& p/ I2 l7 b8 h, N8 Q2 }& f5 L% L
set the clock's dark hands! j% r7 H6 P& L E1 T
with a view of returning to home ground$ S0 G/ X& C1 ?, T: }; o: u2 \
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Days inched into years u7 I/ ?/ m9 ^; T
I watched others0 d4 u: b9 C. e% O) V- {
come and go back
3 Z% V8 `& @+ dgo and come back
: A' t; V5 p; @We never did: W+ D- j% t; t. v. n% {
nor can we now
: [( X9 I$ ]2 b' {" a0 W6 v/ sresettle in the old country
4 e# f' O6 K- v( \leave our children * g" I/ i2 f3 x; P2 f4 E% q
and their children 5 q2 {. o# J5 u9 p
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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