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Coming here& q7 ?0 r* Z, _% A( F H! u* ~7 C
Settling down* G9 F4 k2 o* D# H) |3 J% x0 E. W+ d
was easier for you% O) ^5 u/ q5 |2 e6 }
Homesick
4 x. A( T ]2 e k. KI measured the miles
5 Z- I+ P3 i. b# Sset the clock's dark hands
& B1 }, T2 T+ Q- m2 U* s5 [with a view of returning to home ground9 d8 ?- Z; [8 [+ V* R
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Days inched into years) b+ d/ u0 Y& @* Y# b1 z5 \$ u9 d, ~
I watched others: _3 V& P+ N% L% g3 o
come and go back4 }8 J9 g, S8 s2 ?% \9 R
go and come back# {, P; P' |. f8 Y& E1 Z
We never did E* h0 U4 I3 Q/ W- w& f0 P, F7 D2 I
nor can we now
, L8 }. I! \6 H* B( a8 iresettle in the old country
% l2 L- A4 d' \ K$ P- V) Gleave our children
* m6 s% S9 k7 r; }+ xand their children - O: K: b( t) I
settled down in theirs$ @" k% T& U7 D# G, r" c/ u8 G0 ]
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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