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Coming here3 A/ i3 W1 L- l" [5 c( Z
Settling down
/ V1 r H! T0 vwas easier for you% U+ y; ~- w5 R- ]. E3 v$ D( J
Homesick# |* G7 ]2 l5 v0 v! ^
I measured the miles, s; ^" Q! ^) u$ O: ^: |( M
set the clock's dark hands
9 X) _4 `- H; K& Mwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back1 L, B$ \4 @( E4 G" w
go and come back
# {, Y6 ]# O* H% C6 W) V3 I3 FWe never did
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resettle in the old country
+ y* N$ l7 G" [* R A F( j- b+ Pleave our children
o7 Y4 G$ }. T( M- `and their children
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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