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Coming here
$ K m, t$ k; i" dSettling down9 [# _4 P. X. L! i
was easier for you* X% F9 z1 ?, s( V
Homesick& U! | I% w5 f: ]* ` S
I measured the miles
" s, X- Q/ M* X2 q6 nset the clock's dark hands
- H# C, ^5 D3 `. Q6 xwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years v8 b- x' i( }' T0 o
I watched others: d/ S% R, l F @ ~, f
come and go back- a6 r/ y# A. {2 O
go and come back
2 |' ]& @6 b8 `5 \We never did
- Y# }- m- [. l+ T. `nor can we now# ?- T- b# b' |6 o% D5 a6 p
resettle in the old country; h- d/ k& _6 P# `! o& M; E
leave our children 9 q8 v2 o7 a3 y) G) M2 u# P
and their children 2 R- @' ]4 G/ H0 V
settled down in theirs& I1 N1 s r- a/ h# H2 T! D* E+ ~
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# c& ~4 Z$ M3 A. [* s7 k- X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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