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Coming here" w" o9 J3 E8 K' @# c/ E8 Q
Settling down, g+ t$ | _/ _( Y4 E7 ^% s- m
was easier for you
- V9 F! ^( Y/ u, J2 |: j$ f! KHomesick
7 U; j2 Q/ G8 n! yI measured the miles
' {+ x( Y" o/ T( V& k; Hset the clock's dark hands/ z0 M. `0 G6 j; j4 u5 s6 G& q
with a view of returning to home ground& w# _/ Q: O- D4 o" T. K
1 ^+ t1 U2 b& |5 _ U) EDays inched into years
$ O! d. L- [( O5 ~8 d" P. JI watched others/ B; y; M# _8 `* C2 T; ], C9 J
come and go back
" m/ m E8 u$ d& o4 e( b* ]. Tgo and come back" i( t9 _$ e4 s$ Z) k
We never did
Y+ G% `2 `' ]& ^2 Pnor can we now
) d. C* b3 t( x: }) fresettle in the old country
e l b4 R0 d, Pleave our children # G0 A& T5 J! B* s0 v- e, h0 v
and their children
! o7 [/ r$ v7 ~4 {settled down in theirs& p* r8 j6 C$ V, F$ |8 ]
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* h- t) p: S3 V, p' E& R, C; f, X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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