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Coming here
% \/ ]( V4 ]9 ?2 O0 xSettling down
; j% x" N6 l+ n5 Vwas easier for you& ]! ^- D b# Y; x) I2 \+ L
Homesick3 j8 |( [9 o! I. z2 t/ E
I measured the miles
0 u! o! W6 @7 Sset the clock's dark hands" i# T6 @% o9 _. d% H( H. p
with a view of returning to home ground/ n- Y! |* D9 P5 X9 v, O8 J/ m J; |% {
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Days inched into years
4 K" ^! p6 Q) R9 W b7 wI watched others
' F) m5 p2 `1 Tcome and go back+ e2 M8 r/ y% p/ Q5 J' o
go and come back" G% k9 D* Z& Z+ A* w
We never did* o T4 ~( V/ B2 v( `/ R# [' \
nor can we now/ O7 {: h, n" m; f, D- U
resettle in the old country2 f2 l) N1 U4 ^7 D5 F+ B
leave our children " ~" D& h" Y) a# U2 ^
and their children
' f E! v8 ?3 x5 ?; e! ksettled down in theirs) R4 f$ U2 C% p2 E+ Y$ u$ k2 J- B
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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