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Coming here
, \# T0 m* |$ @. q& PSettling down
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Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands- s6 H8 J: w7 \" a q. ^
with a view of returning to home ground- j( u ?- N+ c: }
# k1 X; Q+ N9 h( D* ]: I. WDays inched into years
. ~2 Q9 t4 k# t6 H# p1 n# YI watched others
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! e2 O# G! A. g+ P4 Tgo and come back& R) @8 I3 b8 ?* F- J+ d
We never did
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resettle in the old country% f5 b$ Q9 `: H5 K S/ x
leave our children 9 i. T, e9 Q1 V! p* ]& @
and their children 5 {# {" u! V0 u8 _7 {
settled down in theirs" l, i: I, v7 ]: _! ~
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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