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Coming here. Z% I: g8 J$ T* } g6 v9 D
Settling down* m) O( \3 E; O# G" r7 h
was easier for you& \# e- K8 {: n( d0 B
Homesick
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with a view of returning to home ground) u0 K; r+ P l: E
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Days inched into years
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go and come back) L1 a; H. d+ B, J3 Q
We never did, W3 ~7 T0 ]7 h1 w
nor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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