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Coming here
0 c6 d. t1 [; J+ h$ eSettling down
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3 a9 r8 u1 l/ w9 U, pHomesick
2 `! i# q; p0 ]I measured the miles# n& u1 A5 D# J+ i' Z3 _9 x. H
set the clock's dark hands( C+ \) q- |; P# g1 J
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years# R4 ?6 B0 G5 O. O9 x6 C
I watched others
8 _4 @- z L8 a% @( M8 g, t4 icome and go back
+ d$ ]1 _3 L; O# [0 q7 B# tgo and come back; V( m, @& T( B% J: v1 a& j+ u
We never did
' H2 o8 c) c9 {* lnor can we now
- [* e# R: L# g# M( iresettle in the old country
; G0 |; r1 O" Y- N+ g4 @leave our children Z. U2 }2 m2 x' W, \
and their children 5 D/ A3 ]& D; Z# v
settled down in theirs j9 R: \' F# z) B- P, ]
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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