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Coming here5 ]2 W$ p9 p8 R6 t8 [. J
Settling down
* _. p8 h# r x! p: Q$ dwas easier for you: X' g& V4 I# f. B
Homesick! ^8 x, Y( E6 x
I measured the miles+ {' G; R/ l- z6 B& d" Z# E5 i
set the clock's dark hands2 |2 c$ k8 c" B4 g1 I
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years" P5 S7 k4 Q7 M: I( u6 l$ Z0 g
I watched others: p: H' b1 m5 l& {6 ]
come and go back+ R0 x2 t( ?. f1 u- y
go and come back
2 W! S B% J* j8 s# P) KWe never did
; z' w- j U5 r, e4 y& j$ N( w6 Bnor can we now! D) M( M6 t ?- q
resettle in the old country
! }+ s0 |/ }) a. I+ @9 d6 jleave our children / w5 F! O( |. H0 n. G; R8 ] B
and their children
5 Y$ J+ ]; n- t5 s( V+ ?( K; Esettled down in theirs
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' h: K: Y' z( y7 J# r! B! O, a-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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