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Coming here& c2 K7 \ b' ]' \& U2 H
Settling down3 K* C$ k* u4 b* y. C) r
was easier for you
' T9 O+ c' }' C4 {9 N' g/ hHomesick
* [7 b! ^, {: d# qI measured the miles7 {! o7 D: h5 g
set the clock's dark hands
. Z3 n8 y4 U8 Twith a view of returning to home ground
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- A2 _& _. _9 z2 V9 `Days inched into years
( L$ O/ Q" p! B. m AI watched others
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3 n0 F0 m/ e; K5 F+ _- xgo and come back
. ]$ M2 F- e3 MWe never did. ^8 E- b" _% W! K
nor can we now- {7 O2 } q, a
resettle in the old country( Z1 a, N& a* B w' K7 l
leave our children
; `/ v/ o% S6 z# v; yand their children
, D1 [: O8 J$ f& f4 xsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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