Coming here# d5 o* K3 x! ]- T+ a. y
Settling down+ M1 ]2 R5 L( K ~( z0 m9 I7 m- h: c+ G
was easier for you% x) T1 n2 x% z/ K5 W+ R. f. ~
Homesick g/ _) N; ^5 Y+ n- z0 J
I measured the miles" ?: v! X/ a3 u7 B% d
set the clock's dark hands 1 @8 A1 w* O4 L# t) U" R7 @with a view of returning to home ground; i& [4 U& }" M- x: o
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Days inched into years* k7 S& x9 d# m5 }* \
I watched others / H V! ?1 y+ |* `come and go back. Q9 P. }9 |- ?% n, l3 n2 q
go and come back: Y6 V5 o& K8 R/ Y0 D: c% H) V& U6 {
We never did % H z# Q4 L+ V9 e6 L1 |, a& Unor can we now ! d# I b2 I6 {% A; A6 X3 P3 eresettle in the old country ( J7 m }' C$ F$ Ileave our children 4 l+ o* {% p$ q$ ?. S. E6 G
and their children - u B' P4 K+ K$ tsettled down in theirs 2 G+ f$ j$ A. k" o& {5 l7 ]5 m" J! V3 {2 l' F
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990