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Coming here* J' ^8 g! W1 r! @' C* _
Settling down; g: Y; L2 [$ B& _% \! P7 F1 T
was easier for you
- u$ r( a/ Y c* JHomesick
6 W/ N8 t& _! Q) S; G9 p8 a/ X4 EI measured the miles
% G! C9 F% N" p! s0 H5 y( Aset the clock's dark hands
- p4 A# ]4 ~6 R0 \, G# {8 Z- `with a view of returning to home ground
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& Z5 D3 K3 ]! s$ b. T bDays inched into years
2 s0 }, Q/ C; {9 s! D! m8 L+ BI watched others
7 n. b3 Z/ |4 D' }/ L# k' J4 S+ x8 Rcome and go back4 _2 ?% q' V- G
go and come back
7 \9 y) L# x! \/ HWe never did: _- x- {' x7 F0 h
nor can we now4 U0 n" L: B0 P8 Z; R5 u# C# {
resettle in the old country* v- l- _. w; u( r0 T
leave our children
$ x1 i% y/ c! N+ k3 O2 E/ s1 \and their children
: |+ p, |. E) t7 Z. ]4 m5 ^settled down in theirs2 d) B0 b2 s" b+ p
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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