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Coming here. W8 I! f' `4 h5 J
Settling down1 P9 k5 A x$ S& ^0 H! O- a
was easier for you( g0 D$ }8 V: z. O6 d" o
Homesick+ \8 u6 ^- p7 }' ^; q9 K
I measured the miles
& ?( X" k; U7 Y7 Rset the clock's dark hands
, S3 c }* Z( V+ Mwith a view of returning to home ground0 k* q' f. x$ l5 p9 C
" s/ z, [' I w+ [+ @2 l! R! VDays inched into years4 F; q) d" l7 ~; M4 v7 e H, u1 I( E
I watched others
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" v; v0 E* @% ?' L! {go and come back
6 u" C, Y8 b$ |4 ?. sWe never did! s, y* L1 }( A/ T, x/ N, h
nor can we now# l1 g% J1 ~5 }1 S# X
resettle in the old country
! K* f& u9 Z7 ], h% J" Yleave our children
1 N3 w9 Q/ l# Z7 M3 O# b w- M* @and their children , K: z" ?$ k# D
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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