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Coming here+ s; X2 ~4 ?! k1 Z
Settling down& Z& f3 v* Z; N# Y2 ]0 b' }5 r
was easier for you( R: ?3 x9 r; w
Homesick5 B) G8 G3 N9 `+ c3 {! V
I measured the miles7 s6 m. V6 Y- [, d; R% ~+ D
set the clock's dark hands
@9 O% H) w1 |, l5 Gwith a view of returning to home ground* K% x v9 _. m
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Days inched into years
4 e3 D+ Y0 K* m: X# eI watched others$ _; g5 e, Y3 T- H. f% e0 }
come and go back' c% p, t+ ^) C
go and come back
: `3 B4 C3 N$ w5 \! P9 d) v. AWe never did4 U! n% N( l! b: m
nor can we now
' A" U+ G0 D0 ~' \3 n/ }" Zresettle in the old country6 Z- n! b e Z: ^1 c6 a: T
leave our children
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settled down in theirs, K8 u9 E8 \; o7 I* t/ @: i
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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