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Coming here# r; h2 Z/ m' [1 [' K
Settling down; X$ a/ ?& L, ^5 c! X9 F
was easier for you( d( E* W/ Q0 W' R& Y
Homesick" G R4 X9 j& Q% J7 O; ^3 s, G' E
I measured the miles
# \- X ]1 j# X6 M% \% }6 i( ?7 Bset the clock's dark hands" _: {2 I8 ]2 a5 z, j
with a view of returning to home ground5 y9 D: i9 w9 i; k/ S
+ v+ ?) A- {6 C7 c! z. FDays inched into years
j, W: \( ^$ k5 s' H, ]5 OI watched others# z6 v+ M2 }6 [9 q. q( ^! Y; P* k) M( J
come and go back0 c, {2 R& x, S& h7 [. o* `
go and come back
1 ] w4 M! a o# W+ DWe never did! `8 v) ]+ @0 p( C+ s( ]
nor can we now
1 R1 D7 t* b0 Xresettle in the old country
" h, @! r" d" O) w1 |6 ^5 Kleave our children ' h( e. F$ p. R, S- U2 y1 F
and their children
$ d5 j$ e2 M, e4 ]9 K9 @settled down in theirs! P; J2 G h$ W% ~$ F
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# C7 k4 T2 f$ ]. t5 ^-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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