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Coming here( X, k3 [1 P% z9 o" ^( C& d
Settling down) K% L2 N* X, `5 q7 U. ?: w
was easier for you
: r% H$ D3 q6 yHomesick
1 N' ~" L% u# z4 d, A3 r! @4 eI measured the miles
$ U/ O; d4 D9 {4 w Uset the clock's dark hands
* i$ F) `% y9 V( k9 T1 u8 Owith a view of returning to home ground0 B/ A* t/ X1 s" A9 l8 t' V
* [' y) x! `, q: P. G* p7 F- aDays inched into years
( }" D3 N3 Q* H- r. b8 N6 rI watched others
$ Y* ~! A* w1 X: b7 ycome and go back
- j0 R! {: t# hgo and come back+ `9 S, A7 @7 d, E# F& U
We never did
' H# v& p, F2 F) b, o" w0 R$ N! t% |nor can we now
' U4 v* m" N" ]resettle in the old country
* i. e; N: q m6 Rleave our children . ~$ t$ I6 p/ q* ]6 a# L
and their children 4 E7 k& k& p- `8 u% v
settled down in theirs9 y& D, V. `# E# ?
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! |; p7 z; h3 y# Z2 y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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