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Coming here9 |, j) O& ^6 {- J) @! c
Settling down9 o M F# v7 ~' p- _( [ e" t- S- N
was easier for you% h% s% I8 M# e( r% {
Homesick# h* |& W ~* ?& v
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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3 ~8 s" [# x" M3 \1 J7 K3 A, ^Days inched into years! z; \6 ~% s7 M* t0 s7 d3 _5 c4 t4 v
I watched others
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go and come back
9 J- d T& |$ nWe never did
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resettle in the old country
$ [9 B [ X- ]) H) w1 U6 n1 eleave our children
: G% e7 g0 N) C7 hand their children $ S- p3 B- {: c
settled down in theirs
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& l+ [3 o$ A6 u6 m-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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