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Coming here9 ~2 j$ w5 L, i
Settling down
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Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands% {- ]9 M# p$ i9 n, D4 i" |3 N
with a view of returning to home ground n y; S( }) u; z% ^' i
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Days inched into years& H; z' x/ h$ r+ B0 y
I watched others
H, W0 W! |) a/ j5 B7 j( mcome and go back
( S- l+ N7 S2 Y! k% h n/ s$ Tgo and come back
) r1 L! k, {7 T G; PWe never did
+ h: ~# q/ |+ P0 O, t3 n9 wnor can we now
5 n: N8 ?1 y. i+ P- L5 Hresettle in the old country. S! Z: e2 F( ~* \
leave our children
' }! v+ E4 x; ?and their children
6 Z( k. h% G! u4 d( l7 xsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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