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Coming here; E: @8 d4 K9 \) r1 Z/ h+ D
Settling down# E( X& D& k0 i) W- J
was easier for you. X( i" Y2 b' D
Homesick+ I9 M# ?% w }5 o, s
I measured the miles
: ^/ k f8 }( L9 Sset the clock's dark hands
: q$ e& w5 L6 lwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
3 V# i: H: n. |1 c/ @$ s `: rI watched others: [$ M5 s( n4 M/ q+ V
come and go back
9 {" W4 j0 A8 I& ggo and come back
8 u+ |3 j$ n$ i5 W5 _& iWe never did1 l/ K/ X6 i: ^1 o- [, o
nor can we now+ J: |5 R4 H0 q- f/ D
resettle in the old country
1 N. g# ~; ], o5 H9 \4 ?/ Mleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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0 A$ \: f8 L' W. }3 }2 X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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