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Coming here6 \5 K Y" V9 N" F( D
Settling down+ B r0 a7 P- |3 o
was easier for you# i: U7 K+ W) J6 _' \; n# o/ ]
Homesick
# ]* m7 v4 m$ e8 i0 t7 M! kI measured the miles! x7 |& r' B; b
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
, ^0 X1 p: Y: G" n0 ^- u a3 hI watched others
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go and come back# a( r9 N s/ X4 [1 K; s
We never did! V# N6 w! N$ e- L, C5 X
nor can we now6 J" W, |7 o/ G. m( ~, m4 E
resettle in the old country% I5 d* I& n9 O' Z7 O- L+ b& I
leave our children
$ O! A6 ^4 _- F( e5 Land their children
; |* ] s* h9 i) Q% Psettled down in theirs: c8 a/ V% V! S
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9 E$ o* J; |4 Z/ v+ I+ J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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