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Coming here
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, E. A+ V# L7 p. r8 m5 bwas easier for you8 _) y/ w0 Z y$ @) B
Homesick* \( x6 l7 z3 n, `/ c6 `* r
I measured the miles
" ^1 e8 X! d6 f. P& G# m, jset the clock's dark hands
, P, r5 j2 b6 R5 N zwith a view of returning to home ground/ o7 S ?5 _/ S1 o
- ?) P* Y% Q5 f- _Days inched into years
& D( R# O) p6 \5 H. e" ?( II watched others
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go and come back; W) p1 E+ K9 f1 Q$ v: A& b
We never did2 i' e0 A2 G1 d3 Q' n
nor can we now+ F( o; {- F9 ] o) f, v3 d9 z
resettle in the old country. O7 c" {- P$ M/ u) \2 i/ C2 W
leave our children 8 k9 K6 R1 G3 r: F8 }, D- W
and their children 5 G g2 Q# y4 E& l, e3 |" C
settled down in theirs+ x, d2 Q; h) ]
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; h e( U A3 l1 s! U8 e( G5 i1 k4 Y5 C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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