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Coming here
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was easier for you. V- \' @* ]6 I6 K# z* ? h
Homesick# b, h8 j, z# u2 B/ a3 v
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground9 B! I4 B4 s }7 F9 Z8 g2 }
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Days inched into years0 t9 _& q0 V1 ?* t- r* o4 }" t
I watched others
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8 @, Y5 `( e F5 @go and come back' @9 }3 \; Q3 y) J* d
We never did
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resettle in the old country
, ~( ^2 V' L8 a$ ^leave our children
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settled down in theirs5 Y! a6 U" x& }& g5 ]: X) Q
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9 T2 a6 J# `9 w! \6 k0 G-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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