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Coming here4 x+ q: Q, W) ~, V' x* q: j
Settling down
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Homesick
" @+ E+ E3 Q% V7 y9 U0 V2 O6 iI measured the miles: {6 L! k) e' U
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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go and come back1 p+ {# J/ K0 p _* O8 G
We never did+ E H2 b* r3 @7 N
nor can we now# C, k% Z: s# e3 r/ I8 i- `9 C
resettle in the old country6 \! e+ ~4 y& i, L
leave our children
4 y; U* e" L3 a8 n, fand their children
( s! j8 @$ Y8 H# V. a3 o9 Ksettled down in theirs2 u* r6 ~ _& c( D2 w. q; }! ~" ~' U
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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