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Coming here
: e2 E3 l7 }8 i0 ISettling down
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Homesick$ S7 R$ _+ }$ v: J7 H. t
I measured the miles- M5 U5 b2 W- y' N Y
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
+ G9 D) D; s/ W* B; [8 z1 a% u% MI watched others
" h" T/ G/ U- S/ x0 f6 Ycome and go back3 E* d! E" |; Q- e$ ?' @0 o
go and come back. R+ T) }( q e H6 k( [/ o3 P* o/ S7 G7 [
We never did& s2 W; Z" q) L2 r0 E8 i3 b
nor can we now6 z1 x1 [* L7 J
resettle in the old country
0 k( U% M: [% Q- z+ |& i1 cleave our children ! [3 H2 B3 F& {! X# ~; V3 B {1 I
and their children
0 T- x" G" H) b% Q {) V2 k4 usettled down in theirs) h) D$ k$ S S% L' N
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# O ]$ ~" s/ q* [+ F+ W4 ^, V2 i! X2 i( U-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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