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Coming here" J6 g* I' q0 Z: h" D
Settling down; A ~+ w4 z9 C" @3 V& [$ B8 Q
was easier for you/ m# R5 w7 i& D4 B% T
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands& M j7 I) K4 A6 g4 ?9 g, V' g
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years" o' F8 e% f; y6 d
I watched others
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1 \& P' s+ h4 Y- ]) u3 A6 v$ ygo and come back
7 o% m8 b8 X) O2 A6 R( w. e% [We never did* M1 m1 `) y z0 J
nor can we now, g& Y, s. ^# y% a6 Z
resettle in the old country
7 W+ M5 D' l4 Y- A! pleave our children
- C( M; g1 ?* l cand their children 3 P/ K4 u" w' ^: \! r ]. s3 p, V
settled down in theirs
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. H( R" B3 {1 X$ V0 }& ]1 F% R' W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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