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Coming here" g0 {, L$ B1 `% u6 }6 Z
Settling down
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Homesick
" p; m) c% a4 x5 k8 TI measured the miles
$ u( H$ O! Q* o" e- H$ U8 Mset the clock's dark hands
t" ?0 |" m1 x4 O5 qwith a view of returning to home ground3 Z; U7 H" [9 X- R& p; [/ N
' I0 m9 S `' v' y* E- ]" H( ~Days inched into years: m. F+ @4 Y) K& L
I watched others: u( [ L9 R: Z! t0 T0 Q8 q4 p: g
come and go back* |, o/ y* a9 ], J ?/ |6 O
go and come back' V1 O2 y7 w/ ^: c: m' l
We never did
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resettle in the old country5 H' w: U/ ~2 D
leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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) K# K$ q. C5 U8 j. _' L7 ]4 C% I-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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