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Coming here+ h# j+ D3 U u6 J& T0 h7 \
Settling down" f% [! |! |8 p* A" l1 S
was easier for you f! _8 ~1 N3 @& k3 E
Homesick
e% q1 C! y& q" M2 t+ _5 yI measured the miles
, e5 U& v, J5 N/ M- {5 Z: O0 Uset the clock's dark hands
6 g/ Q# z- X5 \' e9 bwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
( M* o8 H( W' O" Ego and come back1 `$ ]9 `2 a* l- U0 t( n
We never did. |6 m3 U. d" m9 @
nor can we now A. c1 \: h8 s+ F4 ?
resettle in the old country
* \1 x- H# Q: M4 e, }9 m, } ], ileave our children
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settled down in theirs* M- W; X& s& S# Y7 l
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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