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Coming here" }5 h. U0 |& n6 E
Settling down
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Homesick
/ x4 ?. W! ~/ B1 Y8 i( n4 q4 K7 rI measured the miles# X- d! f5 S Q( t( I
set the clock's dark hands; E) |! ?# t' u( I, ]$ f- K
with a view of returning to home ground$ N% w, ~' V" c+ C5 r
1 e% e7 r8 M+ t/ KDays inched into years0 l- o7 Y/ ^% E4 M( C7 q7 t
I watched others2 l6 Q3 Y0 L% W- A( D; ?/ j
come and go back
* l0 `0 Q2 i" h/ |0 i1 B, n4 S1 Rgo and come back
! g9 s, @( U, J: tWe never did
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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4 ^; f( D2 F7 I( U& F5 }5 @-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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