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Coming here
* Q! X) D+ l! G- D: sSettling down
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Homesick
6 o4 Q: ` K+ v( i$ b5 P3 hI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground) ^2 P. s& r- ^* q( Z, ^
! F% y) J& Z' A$ @; O9 ?Days inched into years$ X) M% S7 N1 Z
I watched others3 Z+ O3 o- @3 ?8 j& O, f
come and go back
( i: F# b- h) w1 U% t' Ugo and come back* j7 ]9 ?. z( z: t" l
We never did' T0 \7 Y: L% z0 I* R L
nor can we now
! @' r* G9 M! \5 p: q" C# nresettle in the old country" x6 Q! t- T# c, Y1 b
leave our children % k( r7 l$ a0 v; u& }5 [
and their children
( O" M# M7 q) |. wsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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