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Coming here
1 D# \& A; U7 }* W) @" _+ k! USettling down
1 ]! w0 S: c4 a5 k0 ?$ Cwas easier for you
! j' q N# _1 ~9 bHomesick, `; | u* ~$ {7 ?. O% m6 g, |1 }
I measured the miles' c) L. C4 y8 k; u4 B
set the clock's dark hands# d" f+ h6 C, T7 ^
with a view of returning to home ground; E7 |. r6 i7 s* Q! w- e3 i/ f6 ]9 P
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Days inched into years$ S# [2 M- j( ^3 i
I watched others
* @% T6 @$ M; y7 R7 gcome and go back
) S( K5 `6 Q+ J0 K: G! zgo and come back& [ o9 B+ y" h6 a2 s
We never did
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/ y G6 w8 P4 xresettle in the old country+ m' n0 p0 m7 ] R
leave our children % G9 a1 @: W- f3 a& ~& J. `( k- m
and their children ; k. u0 w& _. e H; ]. T* B
settled down in theirs" H, B# J, N6 }' e; G% j
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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