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Coming here
8 @* [/ K8 G' {) ?Settling down
& f( Q' ~1 k4 s3 G0 vwas easier for you9 [/ s y! U( ~% x7 n, G7 r; q
Homesick
- i1 t# p( r; ^& m! \I measured the miles e; i1 s4 _% s
set the clock's dark hands$ R" q$ O& ?3 h) F9 D; C
with a view of returning to home ground
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; g- R# _: A1 g1 k I! r4 b$ _" b) \Days inched into years
1 s1 ~7 W1 p4 V1 u! }: YI watched others
2 F: {1 B! ~; E7 Xcome and go back5 G" a0 `( I0 `+ e7 A9 X) `4 [
go and come back
% n4 N4 [9 I& F ~We never did
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resettle in the old country
) I# i0 l; a. C( eleave our children
6 c- o3 \: K. o/ E! g& [and their children
8 _; f: g# t0 G/ x6 G7 gsettled down in theirs) k5 w0 l- _( ]' R# `% S. c
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, \5 `; t2 n7 [9 z-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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