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Coming here: ?$ q7 y5 e4 I5 A
Settling down/ s) w c1 i/ z" g9 n1 s, y
was easier for you
: W5 O7 l( L5 H+ d/ x* v* p& dHomesick
4 o( S6 W. U zI measured the miles
# f1 X b( g t& N: Sset the clock's dark hands
3 E( \7 l! T% ~8 Fwith a view of returning to home ground. c1 K7 C0 o# |8 C) y) s
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Days inched into years
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& T Z% w: y5 ~, V, ccome and go back
1 S2 L% M$ w0 \% P& @! J. X1 n0 dgo and come back8 f4 E: A9 K) a5 ]- v8 G
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nor can we now! e9 V; P6 K* _3 L9 c: }7 _
resettle in the old country
1 ?4 ?# ~% y, |leave our children 7 U% E. R( i9 O& Y' E0 B
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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