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Coming here) a5 o( h: p7 }
Settling down
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Homesick! a% j. g' N6 P6 x0 N
I measured the miles
9 ?) h! A0 f0 y, b% S! T2 Vset the clock's dark hands/ \' N3 b/ _- Z
with a view of returning to home ground. I9 Y `+ P/ R$ c$ n$ k
; F1 |8 Z9 }0 J3 XDays inched into years1 v0 l! O8 \. X8 k' o2 F
I watched others/ i9 b1 Z4 R2 E1 L0 I( r# O
come and go back
6 u) m' q3 P5 S9 A4 W( vgo and come back
' Z0 N/ I$ k/ O) j( a4 V" B4 l1 pWe never did! t7 C0 ?8 m! o' v6 t
nor can we now, C! H- Y. B* v; v
resettle in the old country* S! D K$ B3 @- R* z
leave our children
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0 Q# a4 z" f! Z: wsettled down in theirs
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4 R& b1 p2 q4 _+ Z, Q) c' r-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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