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Coming here
# A1 o# i3 J+ u& P |Settling down
! ?+ k3 S: z( o, d, Awas easier for you9 f' Y9 p8 M; r7 S+ w
Homesick
* a8 z/ ]& W0 P+ {7 N+ VI measured the miles
: a' K9 b- a/ I: I" @- ?5 q0 M- oset the clock's dark hands
, ]9 U, s: @7 {2 |7 v q' s( j4 Gwith a view of returning to home ground# j$ Q; \/ \ ~% v. a/ E( X- Y4 B
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Days inched into years, Y5 d7 T. L9 c
I watched others [2 L7 e) @5 L% t) q' E0 f& _
come and go back
! j: m0 {8 S. e1 v" Y- w( i$ |go and come back
, u) T& k" y+ aWe never did
; V/ s$ B% p& ^# W7 m5 ]1 ^nor can we now
! [$ Z( ^8 S7 Dresettle in the old country
1 M. Y) o# P$ ` pleave our children
( ]" w7 ~$ J. K Q) T& u5 e# yand their children , N) m& ^/ G8 i% j) S2 d0 {
settled down in theirs8 r' r* A9 d. a% Q' X" |0 v
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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