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Coming here
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% w( a' V8 t% y) z# B+ Dwas easier for you
% {2 X" l7 Q# }Homesick: B1 ~; x, ^. R2 F' ]
I measured the miles
1 \: R% B1 F, ?# P' Rset the clock's dark hands" W( ^7 i/ l$ f! d
with a view of returning to home ground2 @. } Q; m0 A& w
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Days inched into years
+ N9 c) L" ^. J2 l0 F! ZI watched others. C( C, c0 \- E
come and go back0 [8 F$ V o6 K
go and come back- Z- n. ]' {; l E \0 i7 a, M7 D
We never did
1 P! x. Z0 S8 R& xnor can we now
R! q( i. h$ g, S3 `resettle in the old country
; \9 N/ e5 N8 L0 Z4 cleave our children 2 e+ v* k' c1 v+ {& X* V$ G9 `( V
and their children
6 P9 M$ d$ O I8 n3 Ksettled down in theirs
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* p# `+ m( K0 H: f0 c( b: W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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