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Coming here Y0 p# _1 ^" u( e
Settling down
5 y( R" X# Z3 F/ Q. jwas easier for you
* M- j& _$ E& t# H2 F6 gHomesick
; I7 R. x% T* t( O& d6 n" N8 nI measured the miles, m8 Y5 j( a. w* |- j Y
set the clock's dark hands+ w. X- W6 ] q- n0 L
with a view of returning to home ground4 h9 f. U7 o. { e# K% [( B: ~ k; V
* \) N9 \0 i; ]/ E4 {, f' uDays inched into years7 ]' @; q" N5 p
I watched others8 B4 A1 o7 |9 Z8 q; r
come and go back
* F3 g5 I7 z* R- f1 Xgo and come back
+ ^- s2 A; k9 E9 E5 n* vWe never did
: F: [6 g9 L% A) s5 jnor can we now
# B& Z& ]& j4 e# m E/ Y: U. [; jresettle in the old country
7 F$ k5 K% B& F" e% _( aleave our children : \. _0 u$ R. ~% f( P& J1 ^7 Z* w, q5 v
and their children ! H4 {( b; b9 b. s: E& i9 A
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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