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Coming here+ t% ~0 l4 @3 l& g8 A
Settling down h6 t. b4 H8 H$ Q
was easier for you5 V- N# l( C# a3 O$ _, l& d4 B. e
Homesick
3 {4 P& _ i! H# m4 d) BI measured the miles
$ f. I$ q0 Z2 Pset the clock's dark hands
7 g1 @! z5 a' d" I% I; ^with a view of returning to home ground
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# k3 h$ U: p8 @2 jDays inched into years
& l# g/ L& E) C( I% JI watched others
: _, i: r; F" Kcome and go back
3 `* q5 x5 H- ]9 b tgo and come back
; A# P) g4 R& e" Y3 }, Q' r; _We never did7 Z+ }( X( z% i5 T. e
nor can we now
, ]4 L; n- w2 X$ x; G/ N) T+ e" Oresettle in the old country7 R: L3 w1 \0 z
leave our children 0 s- c" j+ v# r1 D2 y4 @4 @
and their children
+ ?0 ~- ^- a0 Esettled down in theirs+ w- Q7 M$ |- K( ~% j
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7 {4 w0 k# f7 y9 f" y. u-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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