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Settling Down

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发表于 2017-10-5 09:04 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Coming here
* q' p. b$ @+ E. K$ A' G4 C/ g. pSettling down4 _; u* l$ h- J3 h* r
was easier for you' ~3 f/ O4 m. N. e
Homesick8 h4 y! q0 U- S! |& g- E/ p
I measured the miles
& y# M" i! u: h# H" \6 ?set the clock's dark hands0 U! @& M3 U: M2 S+ D& _9 r: w5 X
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years2 U+ B; j) k& l  E
I watched others( J6 D* T1 q! l, j% p8 N! P8 H+ y
come and go back3 E2 K! C+ G" \5 ~6 p' R2 g
go and come back
9 P6 V3 S; s6 L. v# x0 |; K; JWe never did
: X3 c3 j9 z- ^* enor can we now
( J1 y; H; x* u. H: n# ^resettle in the old country
7 L6 p* u) s# H; i+ tleave our children
% V) H# e" q: I* o, E4 Q. xand their children
  v. C# z& U. t. c4 S1 Esettled down in theirs
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. s4 `6 i/ [# ]- R-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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