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Coming here k x5 H* y" m! R; | \$ g& {
Settling down. ^* m3 T M8 ?, f" e
was easier for you9 D. i% ]$ J" m" V
Homesick
3 k* C4 O) `% q* c0 V& EI measured the miles
0 ^' v1 i; n1 l0 E* d; [2 F6 xset the clock's dark hands
- S- f( P* T7 m# Y* l) B7 e8 g' jwith a view of returning to home ground/ y ?2 r% `% N9 S6 E8 J1 a
0 f% ~# @2 W. h- ]2 q6 p8 W* ?Days inched into years g9 t3 i6 Y) I$ a y4 w$ l
I watched others! X8 A, \. y7 E# r
come and go back
; i9 f- _) O* \8 a( B) ygo and come back3 V( Z8 l( J5 ]# J
We never did" L# g x8 }" X3 L+ G4 P0 u: b( M
nor can we now
! i+ _; U( Z1 U6 i3 V9 \7 v% Y: Dresettle in the old country
7 Q- V+ x& U4 k. p Oleave our children - [( H6 y& _& w1 c! Z- X
and their children y* l% Q$ z2 T/ j% C# D
settled down in theirs. s- O% r( ^" ]: q# f
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# L u9 J" P8 q& B-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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