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Coming here
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was easier for you& M+ _- J' Z/ Z1 Q: C1 W
Homesick% t7 H5 l# R- Z5 r& T1 H
I measured the miles
3 C; i+ I- c8 W- sset the clock's dark hands, ~- V3 c ~! ^! v
with a view of returning to home ground6 @" S' Z. i. r' @6 W
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Days inched into years
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come and go back0 v6 {# N0 C" a
go and come back x) y) q( h/ k, I6 t6 ^+ u
We never did
7 l) R; d ?" @* J4 g! i& q! R5 tnor can we now
( |6 R/ I |9 ?& f' h- X) mresettle in the old country
8 L5 }! [4 E( n7 M7 _5 H: Tleave our children 6 i3 N3 ^! }4 l' O5 Q
and their children 4 `1 o. W5 h, V/ D' F
settled down in theirs; }- j \1 f' s4 j6 W& T
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0 M9 V* \- i9 ?, S-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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