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Coming here
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Homesick: P# Z: U- ~/ F8 w: z; k: o
I measured the miles
3 A& J0 t! P9 L* \4 \; w! t2 ?set the clock's dark hands
7 c* g, T/ N8 J0 O- t/ awith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
! ~* F3 q0 G: {" K5 qI watched others
+ @/ C0 j' ?/ Z! Acome and go back
: l8 O+ h5 O# u5 z0 J+ Q, s$ J3 V$ Igo and come back
: [, B$ f( a' }0 ~& z0 J8 PWe never did2 a1 d8 o8 z* f# t
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resettle in the old country& ?' Q6 h' m8 l6 j" O' [- B
leave our children
6 @ z! i# u( M4 |and their children $ I1 c9 u' j' }2 c( a. w V$ I" K
settled down in theirs7 f6 a0 x' M. x8 U. P
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, `) W3 K& v0 l. C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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