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Coming here! x- y" }( q, y' V
Settling down
J! ]* F2 r% `8 H; n( r/ |- ~3 Dwas easier for you
: K& n) C3 E" I7 {: `+ H" `5 ?Homesick
0 v- B& I& D; @- b# w4 aI measured the miles" a" f9 }9 P, J7 p" s: X- j# d
set the clock's dark hands8 R4 r7 j( b# q5 @4 a! G' [
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
# n* ?2 {1 R7 V( m# F) ~6 LI watched others
' e5 }. X% i ^, o, l2 Hcome and go back
( U S8 J) p; G/ D6 K- b( wgo and come back
% m3 W2 G |" MWe never did
( y- |# N' A9 Z8 ]2 _5 vnor can we now
, f* E5 ]2 [. W4 u) presettle in the old country
) q3 S z- D4 r% j; S) l$ d4 {leave our children * Y9 o" n, x" @* M. m
and their children ) J8 k$ Y+ x1 c! L% Z
settled down in theirs8 y$ g. P/ w' ^7 D; l
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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