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Coming here
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was easier for you! _5 m# E3 t$ M
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands" j- w- P# N [; z, g0 f9 u8 T
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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go and come back" H5 b# h. h- \' h. r- l$ h- a' P
We never did! s& V. y4 P- d* @, l6 b- t
nor can we now1 ]0 k& a0 C% O% q; V: G
resettle in the old country
' O3 R9 t/ d* u, B' @( Lleave our children 2 v" M: T. V. o9 O" A9 \: f
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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