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Coming here# e& H8 `8 J' F' l( B, `
Settling down9 G2 ?' i) U1 E n) c4 Y$ }
was easier for you
1 T, y! q, Y& _Homesick/ m/ k, T/ w+ ^! }6 Y+ i! f% o
I measured the miles0 A" y9 d* {' E0 @ N$ T- `% J
set the clock's dark hands
. l- @. \4 K) v: R" K0 L5 M4 m: Xwith a view of returning to home ground
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- Y% F5 ?9 C% x1 c1 |/ XDays inched into years
' {) A" S F6 A3 mI watched others5 W# e+ N5 r6 Q3 B& B# B3 H
come and go back! C) k+ I! U) E( e. q Y- H8 p
go and come back
9 N. L. w: S* A5 R. i; |We never did
2 F+ |* d: h3 C4 {nor can we now
6 W- }8 k+ p1 i4 D7 r4 Vresettle in the old country
' u4 r( P. [8 F; j/ {leave our children
2 K s! D# X; r( d rand their children
]+ `# F7 C* W: {settled down in theirs8 c: q. J4 D/ D: O5 X+ j
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" W' y, Y' B0 n! N- W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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