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Coming here7 y$ r5 l% R' ?$ v" x6 I
Settling down
6 d8 T( b5 e/ b4 i% Jwas easier for you
+ Z2 q: d# J& D7 f& l9 U/ p% Y' yHomesick
1 \ T* S' L3 a+ b/ ZI measured the miles
# {% W4 q0 }/ r T, cset the clock's dark hands
1 X% v3 u( u# S$ lwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
0 y( |6 ?$ x1 ]go and come back
9 y+ `# ] m4 V9 L" zWe never did3 }) T& x' v, k7 {# d4 g
nor can we now
* B6 Z3 k3 B( P& Aresettle in the old country
9 J+ A2 i: z4 n1 {1 @2 p0 }leave our children 5 x. K% u! \, ~6 `) E9 y v
and their children
+ }- j: A/ R% m% k9 O. usettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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