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Coming here; E4 M! e( b2 Z; m8 I
Settling down
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Homesick, P" R, c9 `! |, \% J! M
I measured the miles0 ~# g; R: \/ l2 t" e
set the clock's dark hands
2 @" ]0 J; O- @5 Pwith a view of returning to home ground
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: v. Q8 q- z; v( Z2 X3 l; T2 K# iDays inched into years
- h M: D9 C6 O: I& r. |. m2 L7 _I watched others
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go and come back+ E4 W0 Z+ m& A3 U
We never did
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resettle in the old country
& t* y' ~! r7 c$ E1 _; X. Q. uleave our children
+ @6 A/ Q) x& c! ^and their children Z+ _. d* w0 l _, Z H9 q2 f
settled down in theirs
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5 f; q( C! z/ U" p0 ?0 i-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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