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Coming here
: y5 n, W3 r- B u, q0 j+ ]Settling down
" `. \' P: D, T% q; Kwas easier for you2 _5 i- @2 W; J5 g' Y8 H3 g0 r
Homesick2 |8 I! T1 D4 a, x
I measured the miles
! M* l, W$ N% H7 [+ Yset the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back+ |- ?; V- p! }5 q+ r3 k
go and come back
# ^9 d: K, T+ g3 O) [ gWe never did
7 c' I) H& r7 _ Rnor can we now
* ?$ v7 R. Z: C6 wresettle in the old country
! F* ?3 { ]$ \% vleave our children
9 _- E1 J3 H u4 r5 {, Jand their children
3 p- x, v% I" i; Ksettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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