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Coming here
8 y$ P, A) ^$ @! gSettling down& }1 X9 `9 n- W4 N) q
was easier for you8 V. ~$ x1 s5 x1 A6 ?
Homesick8 i3 m* S6 M1 f @% V Y
I measured the miles
8 z1 K. ?5 a- Z j/ Nset the clock's dark hands5 x3 j- V; Z& P F" u: M. q# |
with a view of returning to home ground0 j# Z6 d Y C1 ] \
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Days inched into years4 |+ E- z5 ]: S$ T4 \
I watched others; b/ V! R0 O% {$ O5 k
come and go back2 I$ n. X/ t3 \- {( H* K
go and come back
6 U" Y; E! c' L0 k. }% ^% E2 |We never did# F$ \* z1 _- e
nor can we now; l" R0 y5 x# W+ E* u# O' M2 u
resettle in the old country
. i- i) K$ Q) `; L0 E! hleave our children 7 N5 |, F6 t& A! O
and their children ( V! N& t/ e$ n7 S3 N8 F
settled down in theirs( O8 t. U! O; b3 N! W" y
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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