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Coming here) g$ e) H4 o* z/ _. q! E& O* l- y
Settling down
' c9 l. [5 n( o" F' `9 A6 [was easier for you- `* ~8 T. C: \$ k
Homesick# R- H) c3 T: s/ m; N* I
I measured the miles
8 N+ ~/ P. C/ T( ]9 S0 L$ Xset the clock's dark hands
% Q3 W9 A5 z& z, z& jwith a view of returning to home ground- y+ Q1 B: H0 u
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Days inched into years2 y9 ^+ i3 b# e3 j- @% T! P
I watched others
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go and come back
; h3 `; A, F) K/ t3 ?We never did
5 T+ \; ~1 d0 T n+ I9 l* qnor can we now, f& @* H" z# i0 T/ ~: \* o( ?
resettle in the old country" [! E# O1 S4 e9 r' X- ^* Y
leave our children . w$ ?; v0 }5 I; d/ r0 G
and their children
; B! f" g6 x6 `4 B$ C1 _8 Ssettled down in theirs
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* r2 a4 R- o: s5 A8 e8 V0 h" ]! z-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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