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Coming here
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was easier for you
3 q2 H3 L* ~( Q: DHomesick
6 Z F7 ?. t6 A4 b1 J/ k( a+ jI measured the miles
5 ?' m+ A1 T7 G5 Q: |+ D2 Lset the clock's dark hands
! d( u1 O* u) S" g# Lwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years3 R( l$ X+ L4 _8 V* h% x2 p" Y
I watched others7 [4 |' }) j; z2 T. F" n
come and go back* Y/ w" `8 Y8 A& |5 `" \
go and come back# P- ~) ?+ _0 k: W. ]
We never did
: l) T9 C& w9 `4 Cnor can we now
* T# @1 O5 T. t; p, wresettle in the old country2 z7 X$ l P& r# e' m- _
leave our children ( F: ~4 N. _9 x$ [+ S O) [
and their children
3 n `: }; S, {1 I) Esettled down in theirs- H, D6 X5 v- v8 X- \: |1 Q
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) O3 M4 O+ t* c2 v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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