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Coming here
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was easier for you' ~3 f/ O4 m. N. e
Homesick8 h4 y! q0 U- S! |& g- E/ p
I measured the miles
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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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