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Coming here+ e- T: Q, K' N! m
Settling down2 k( D" R. d9 a6 v+ n
was easier for you4 M |: t4 D0 Q* `
Homesick; O* h t' Y: r% ^3 K# N9 {
I measured the miles& j4 _9 w$ X8 x1 n( `
set the clock's dark hands- e4 w9 j2 i4 |7 v, r
with a view of returning to home ground% g6 F% z" e; D" m9 f. N; `
' Z: Q) V+ ]2 w r; I8 O9 ADays inched into years
+ y5 T) b# @) G1 A6 aI watched others# t* k( P' u& p8 F
come and go back1 Y4 [' u1 ~ u; }# @( X
go and come back# u- w; l- E( F% _+ J
We never did; G/ Z5 {1 V0 h2 @8 M
nor can we now9 B5 [/ m, |1 E& W
resettle in the old country2 W- r. o9 r! M/ i- N
leave our children # a! Y" Y% q5 X* ~( K7 d
and their children
8 r: Y+ M; I2 }' Y9 nsettled down in theirs- i8 Z* O6 b$ E$ ]8 M. h
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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