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Coming here& U% M+ M) _) ?9 A8 S# d4 z
Settling down8 F; M; F- [- g& L
was easier for you- J6 x1 Z0 w# [1 k8 Z- Q& P" V& Y
Homesick
, T J; @, l& D( u) P' TI measured the miles- n2 b. K1 x9 C
set the clock's dark hands
5 B2 d7 A9 g- ?5 y: S% b' `with a view of returning to home ground4 F4 A, J: ~6 H8 I# Y2 K1 i
7 c5 k m; N# M. q* b& p; U3 Q3 ZDays inched into years, @( U( X. v. C
I watched others' H( d7 b$ q6 }
come and go back1 M$ k2 ^, |9 c
go and come back& s: d5 f/ A" \9 b
We never did
0 `' e% L$ a3 ^2 |. }' b, e% e3 ?nor can we now
" B% P- I& e" z6 m, wresettle in the old country
5 ^8 g# a: z$ j# }- {7 K R0 Jleave our children 7 a4 i8 V$ Y h( m8 w7 {
and their children
# J% s$ \8 l+ o0 L4 xsettled down in theirs
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: S" Z2 }4 `& S-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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