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Coming here) G8 \0 C& h7 c! V9 q) C2 |5 ?. R
Settling down: |4 I9 V& O+ e# V$ F+ X3 g/ |
was easier for you8 ]# v v' }2 e: N8 ^; b7 \
Homesick
* P6 A% Q7 V6 C; O3 N3 l1 k6 T' tI measured the miles
4 U' L1 }: e% s7 t& pset the clock's dark hands' m& x7 Z9 D9 E9 m( g% ]* L1 G! m
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years: I+ ^ Y9 o" h/ h1 u* F5 A
I watched others/ i8 V' q& E; E5 z) Q. W' u
come and go back( a% r$ s; M( A: w! t3 ~1 l" @9 e
go and come back
( U3 Y7 n9 s! O! V. P, F$ G2 E5 P1 k. eWe never did6 i4 J0 o# N0 e/ i: v. E
nor can we now& V) ?) @3 V3 _; a# X3 t, |
resettle in the old country2 |2 p6 |7 L' X; l! K$ G+ g: W
leave our children 1 S& Y+ m$ P3 O
and their children 1 _% E) y! b) W7 L3 n
settled down in theirs
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* ^" }( C- ~' z/ X* i-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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