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Coming here+ i, m, x' d3 z5 b9 G+ `8 s
Settling down l3 S$ [- @3 _. V3 V0 j) r
was easier for you% Y. a$ T4 B5 f
Homesick8 v! I0 C1 u8 D/ z
I measured the miles9 g4 d$ G% ` q5 ^
set the clock's dark hands# h* T7 @0 C7 o( `: ?8 S' [6 ]
with a view of returning to home ground O, e% X4 C$ r: o3 M
0 a i1 j- X8 m% X4 @9 E4 F; jDays inched into years
, }% Z: Y4 [ ?# j, AI watched others
! G, V1 a% z, ^9 B. Ecome and go back
7 P9 A8 b1 Q4 ygo and come back
( a5 r4 ^- K$ mWe never did
* J; k. i, d, X6 x0 [3 Jnor can we now
% k; }2 O+ i" Z. aresettle in the old country
' z, l: T& R. O2 e' ^/ k* M. d0 ^+ Xleave our children : q4 W! T9 {2 b1 p4 [3 ?3 ]4 ]: g
and their children
% L6 l) x, N( Z8 l5 L9 X# msettled down in theirs7 B$ l: V& u! W9 m4 f" ~
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. n# s! f6 q! M9 K1 Y) [-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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