Coming here# Z5 f: ?; E+ O: y6 `
Settling down7 d$ k) \" Q0 V) E; K% K
was easier for you& Z4 V/ m3 |8 n9 I9 r& p$ q
Homesick ' E Z% H. e* D& s+ DI measured the miles0 E) X9 C2 u7 z0 ^) }- [. e1 m
set the clock's dark hands* B, b/ I0 C* u- b
with a view of returning to home ground# ] n$ E4 A5 T! Y1 N; I
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Days inched into years 8 K( n/ q7 M" L' eI watched others + J* C" }& D- I) {% Wcome and go back - L# A. `! t: Qgo and come back " G4 D: B; R2 x9 K0 yWe never did( t7 [# V0 s7 c2 ~& k
nor can we now3 X& e7 G" S/ T2 f# c
resettle in the old country 3 ~2 Z2 l: j2 B8 }leave our children U) E$ L: W( a p- @4 h/ Q5 \: x
and their children + r/ C# d; Q. {0 c
settled down in theirs& g$ Y1 I9 o3 P) D+ I" r. ?
b" o, p& B" u p + \/ d7 g- }/ v' |& y5 c-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990