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Coming here
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was easier for you& I0 I" [" ~, Y5 o
Homesick, E$ h: T/ |8 B- ]1 }
I measured the miles, y! Y4 t- i& x3 c4 {" _
set the clock's dark hands1 s3 n3 M* F0 J# T9 ~1 S- R
with a view of returning to home ground' |3 t% L6 r4 s& ~+ Y% ]2 H6 c
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Days inched into years# k0 O: g- j. y: A
I watched others
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go and come back1 q% c+ W6 ^( L+ O' H
We never did
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resettle in the old country3 V% B# v, F% b1 @
leave our children ! J+ z4 j5 M: y2 B
and their children $ {8 |: e3 Q8 @' Y* @
settled down in theirs$ w% ~2 `4 y( U$ q( i) x& t2 L
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# \ ~( d- ~" O F4 A-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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