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Coming here
5 o# Z! l0 I t; u, B/ z' h+ rSettling down* ~7 C3 N, {/ o8 ? I
was easier for you5 U! d [( y8 o' Z" j; O9 ^! g
Homesick. Q2 t/ ?- Y4 T* o- ~8 k
I measured the miles- m5 J( l0 c X, O. Q( G
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years. N9 m; s/ n; p) x% T# ^
I watched others
+ Z! x$ D3 E$ c9 m$ R8 p' G( X F) fcome and go back
, ^/ W' H7 V1 N* N* f5 ogo and come back
3 s; n: f6 i# j' J5 O9 B5 a3 LWe never did) _+ ~2 F A3 @$ _8 i, h; z8 F7 P
nor can we now& m0 n* Q+ P. U) Q: c) t
resettle in the old country
' U% L/ Y) v8 b5 p5 t0 V b* Yleave our children
& V7 o: h" Q$ w' eand their children ; j* e. {& d" W( A3 }+ c
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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