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Coming here3 X( X/ N& R0 I$ h) K W5 L/ R
Settling down6 M' U" l( ?) ?7 |1 g- }( d
was easier for you/ V' m; ?- a, g, K7 ]- }/ \
Homesick
% s' n: X- u, c+ J9 dI measured the miles6 i9 X" p" o. J
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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* V; [ q2 J+ ]* z+ C9 @$ Sresettle in the old country2 @/ Q" D z6 y, ?
leave our children : E; M5 ^" P* V, b' Q" s. C
and their children * [ M! n$ D1 ~, f
settled down in theirs' q& W! [/ S# G
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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