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Coming here, o8 O/ ], T9 e% K
Settling down, [: ^1 e! b+ J8 x3 P& ~: b
was easier for you2 P- [6 [* R$ {
Homesick
6 m8 |( z( f1 O+ aI measured the miles5 |+ E7 w* [8 X" r6 u2 X$ ^" q
set the clock's dark hands
4 B, ^7 ~4 U- e3 b# \0 {6 n6 u1 }with a view of returning to home ground
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! L' J" C$ y9 J5 UDays inched into years; y2 ]# g; M Z7 R- e' E1 p
I watched others- H- \ a" d) K) ^* Y4 c& q
come and go back
( x# K6 i6 {$ X" K- M' ggo and come back
/ ]9 E" ^# x4 `5 M" U4 _We never did* S! [3 H; Z5 j; @7 T) i5 R- `
nor can we now
6 W/ c% r4 b9 Q5 Z bresettle in the old country, ]! M6 i& G' x8 o- x# t) L0 n
leave our children
$ w+ F" v2 E6 D& B4 e0 b, ~and their children
; Q& P8 l' G; ?1 S; ]settled down in theirs4 M# ]' r8 {# E& N
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8 D: h3 H3 T! @2 l-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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