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Coming here4 a& v+ m* d1 U5 S
Settling down: O5 ] x, @* n4 B2 n( P
was easier for you
* W9 a% M: H1 |6 mHomesick
7 M M* F4 p- R' z7 ^# E* H( hI measured the miles6 c6 w2 ~) S m9 z& p% t
set the clock's dark hands! N9 H+ y. t+ }9 u8 A
with a view of returning to home ground
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; k/ }: a% T0 P' c3 u* SDays inched into years
5 l& Z0 S3 T; [# |5 qI watched others; R: q4 L, R! q; ^9 |& ^
come and go back; j$ U9 r' r" C2 h
go and come back
# |4 O' M5 \5 VWe never did
; h/ D3 i- C# T- w5 I* `" B2 c, `* O unor can we now9 d: {: i! ?1 r Z7 ?2 ]
resettle in the old country5 P4 `! h! n) B! @7 c6 q
leave our children 2 j9 C/ a9 K* M( o! ~/ ]. _
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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