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Coming here2 X; Z: y/ j! c& n" N K
Settling down
. X2 W: Q1 `9 b6 j* ~* b+ Nwas easier for you- i' p2 l( K$ o: g( ?
Homesick' E5 R* l* L$ v: ~
I measured the miles( e2 q% G' B+ W! H4 H
set the clock's dark hands. W, K! H# J4 i' t# {' C
with a view of returning to home ground
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& U+ T* z$ x/ u/ ZDays inched into years
3 G! Y. d! t7 a* xI watched others* [8 i3 d/ g) X! |2 o7 h, L2 V
come and go back
$ q" a% t: G5 F8 B+ D+ H, Y* n* Lgo and come back
Z7 q9 J# f+ |: L8 x& U& m6 MWe never did
2 \- H. _" I# _nor can we now
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leave our children * z2 M- U( `" I( p/ Z
and their children % K) d. {1 Z; F7 L
settled down in theirs) v2 R; T2 r& d: T
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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