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Settling Down

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发表于 2017-10-5 09:04 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Coming here7 ?, b$ k. r8 {9 t) L
Settling down& E6 x& l/ ~! N3 g% C
was easier for you* `9 d# m$ C9 Y' |0 u' ?; n" j
Homesick
9 f: {; m& y/ d% ~4 [I measured the miles
, C* _( `- Z3 `5 e# H8 Hset the clock's dark hands
+ q* N( _; q. b2 Mwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
3 s% y9 U! w: }0 V! g, O* t/ QI watched others( o6 y. _" y0 j
come and go back
+ x' Y# f+ M6 o3 kgo and come back
* w9 C; b* x8 f( B8 lWe never did* T. p$ H/ Q2 k7 U: U3 {
nor can we now7 r; u% {" R; K1 B
resettle in the old country
, H; B5 e1 d: ]% dleave our children 0 I1 x& I& H, U% }- c. j
and their children % r: G& {  V# k* i! B
settled down in theirs
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! ~( m$ |+ a  V" x" ~-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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