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Coming here
4 y* x4 H: C5 t3 lSettling down
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Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands3 r, {) S$ Z7 `+ X1 E: U% c
with a view of returning to home ground+ E* f. n6 A5 l3 w7 X! x& _
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Days inched into years, C, e2 W# i7 x. r7 p9 x2 w
I watched others7 J! A4 ?- D# ]4 E$ m5 @( [9 d" M" k
come and go back$ A% H, w7 m$ @ k8 R* o
go and come back
, q; x4 n B2 m# lWe never did
: W4 C# `4 Y' L3 u3 o0 hnor can we now
2 |- ]4 g# L/ J7 P0 u2 e' zresettle in the old country
3 S2 X' a. p+ l8 F$ \. Dleave our children
+ f; ]& S5 M# i( ]& `# l) Kand their children
' K* y( r# h& Z4 I$ N5 ~% p e$ E2 psettled down in theirs" j3 q8 G8 c% e- T4 e; r2 b
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+ y: l* v) ? ~7 y& @-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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