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Coming here
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was easier for you
( m* u. O9 S4 f$ P0 X/ bHomesick
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set the clock's dark hands$ F! ^- Z! ` W/ u, ]4 a
with a view of returning to home ground g* K+ m& u5 n" p3 P( V
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Days inched into years- J) j) H: g1 p5 U' B
I watched others2 f+ B" L; F3 O$ F# J1 ~
come and go back
/ d6 m( V* R, h9 F; j$ J* Ggo and come back
C; ~1 M2 @5 ~0 vWe never did1 V& i2 S3 ?: i2 K
nor can we now
; y- h5 _/ S5 |7 gresettle in the old country
7 `& s8 A& v R4 {$ ]9 Cleave our children
8 e4 Q! m6 \1 X( ?; o( J. u8 r1 qand their children
- }, q- Q, A, E L/ p0 U6 W6 usettled down in theirs7 M0 }- ]5 v2 b* R$ g0 e2 n, {3 o
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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