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Coming here
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was easier for you$ V' {, }+ k( Z$ h# ?
Homesick
5 t! \ T! m! q; tI measured the miles
5 Z" O9 P4 x0 [$ C. M7 q+ eset the clock's dark hands
( B4 c* R3 Z' n7 O# A0 V7 Pwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
! S( W# V+ x' zI watched others
/ w+ G, U" b9 B# U+ \! tcome and go back
' [3 T, x; j+ T" L9 @- m' D. ago and come back
2 n8 H: z& I% \0 M; wWe never did
* @* R$ h$ K& g$ N0 T' Dnor can we now+ u' v/ @1 ]2 e ^6 [( I+ }
resettle in the old country5 @4 x( d0 Y3 U
leave our children ! U# |* [7 ?$ A8 e5 [
and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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