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Coming here
3 G( x' @5 v! O5 S: t0 _( PSettling down& ]2 F' Q9 R% H9 x& H' |
was easier for you. t' N/ V* R, c/ w- X
Homesick, ?: ]7 \! \0 N3 V5 J; x& L6 M% U
I measured the miles
' k% h. T$ k9 J8 |1 z# n4 Y3 `* T: nset the clock's dark hands
! R/ f' R. o% S/ L. hwith a view of returning to home ground; A5 v+ ^3 c2 H, j+ V; n7 c0 x, P
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Days inched into years
% t" }# f" J! t4 nI watched others
$ i- p5 o1 |! I H2 b4 ycome and go back7 t& V6 ?! |. S- y5 `- p/ C! @9 U
go and come back, C0 C5 B' F% i6 A8 ]; m
We never did8 Y& T% y: j0 Q& t+ n- M8 B
nor can we now
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: V0 A7 b0 a t7 U% v1 w. Oleave our children
4 s X- G6 X) p$ t/ G$ [- H* [and their children
, F3 L4 f! o8 {) T ^settled down in theirs
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4 @% x% L! y$ x. K" V: w-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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