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Coming here* I" X- ?# u) C4 ~( [+ g
Settling down1 N* }# D" S0 l( a" }, y
was easier for you
6 S+ `& U q& s" g4 uHomesick
% j# x4 {4 b* t' o$ m6 }$ QI measured the miles
1 h$ [: \; M! _- X5 iset the clock's dark hands
$ d5 J9 f8 G" @7 t3 R) gwith a view of returning to home ground
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' o* S$ Y4 V% Y* }Days inched into years
[- K: M& X+ i# g0 YI watched others/ O' B+ x6 l! b3 ]: S9 V
come and go back
2 z [1 n+ n0 w! g% Lgo and come back
( Y8 N- f" t4 L0 c p: u! OWe never did
" w* \' [. g; X' U4 m, v, G2 cnor can we now5 D* n/ ]+ i8 A; P, }
resettle in the old country
3 r6 x. U( m9 L* U0 `7 Uleave our children u, j5 F/ k) l: c' k S
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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