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Coming here1 u4 D' a2 D1 s: ^% A& d: I
Settling down
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Homesick ^' _% V8 e X+ `
I measured the miles9 u8 {0 ?2 m# w* ]
set the clock's dark hands5 C& T. Y6 m4 B Z
with a view of returning to home ground) b; a! y7 Z+ p( G/ h
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Days inched into years7 C# e' q- z8 ^ N: J/ O- G
I watched others" y. X8 [+ p2 Y0 w% W5 E
come and go back
. ?) \' Q; S% Y2 s, Tgo and come back7 F( ^; O- _$ B$ U
We never did) |# U$ S0 ~; z3 }3 ^% \
nor can we now
7 u4 g( k5 A8 k) m, `resettle in the old country- w3 Q6 C- o5 Y. B6 q$ E% E6 P3 H' M
leave our children
$ f! e' G/ L1 J! d$ N6 v* wand their children
8 F9 Y' ~9 _% _% v& T, x, Esettled down in theirs
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9 k M+ R8 X# _. v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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