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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 here
4 g' C) H+ M0 g5 JSettling down8 E9 P/ H) v: u, b
was easier for you3 f& r4 g" T7 b: k( i' k$ m4 y# f
Homesick3 l$ S* c$ b% ~# g3 K
I measured the miles
  T' t1 Z: n" b: r: ?& b: n+ Pset the clock's dark hands
! a0 r5 k4 Q2 O- s$ Y& Mwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
$ F% o) z2 y3 o5 r  ?, g! G; ~I watched others, Q/ l, N% J5 B6 X$ z$ N
come and go back
9 @1 t* ~" ?( O& C/ A9 bgo and come back
, b4 [4 E  h/ W4 P. h# HWe never did
* O  y& c* l) W# O1 J5 m  lnor can we now
; P/ k& r  g2 y& a' X% p2 rresettle in the old country  n$ H3 d4 d, Y% }, g/ f
leave our children
$ @( |# K, l6 R- q$ N$ aand their children
3 V. a: C7 ^+ N1 D, q5 V- Bsettled down in theirs
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* c4 s# k5 x1 C; m4 J/ X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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