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Coming here# B8 @1 P4 ^- E7 f
Settling down
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Homesick8 O; E% p) E' o" F7 ]5 x$ ` H& _3 I
I measured the miles% ]. P' @' T9 V1 N
set the clock's dark hands
; L- M' b; ]5 Dwith a view of returning to home ground
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; t8 |6 t, P& A- d$ |! WDays inched into years" s+ l" T5 Z. u4 C
I watched others8 G# @ |+ H+ L
come and go back) x, l. |$ ]+ R$ K
go and come back
! p+ n. C6 \3 B) wWe never did# L2 x. n& q" Z# g9 X4 p
nor can we now" [3 {8 a+ O( v6 W# O* ]
resettle in the old country
2 G% i3 d5 @ x) |6 uleave our children
|$ b' F" r: n8 Cand their children " f5 {8 o! d8 q# a" k0 ^+ Z8 R1 I
settled down in theirs
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, Q7 c) v+ s: y! h' Q* M& @0 v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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