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Coming here
$ ?. R7 L! b: k, q6 TSettling down
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Homesick( \1 B7 l8 a2 G! n% u3 ?4 s! [
I measured the miles
6 U% m5 W5 u9 cset the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years& N) ~/ z& o- z4 v: z# y1 D% t; B
I watched others
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go and come back
: Z4 `9 P" z: M, z2 W# CWe never did
9 ?. R4 T; w7 u4 V6 [ W: Hnor can we now
( h6 b i0 n9 Q/ Z+ Wresettle in the old country
: i% d( a) T9 B2 _6 y7 q& f; `7 Ileave our children
, Q; c2 a; d9 b% i1 C: W. a% uand their children
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5 y" T! I) T& t9 n: C$ j" T-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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