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Coming here7 U) h! y B5 j. _
Settling down
! J# v; j, {6 m. i4 Rwas easier for you9 i2 Y$ l& l8 {) z' A7 V/ s2 c) l- O
Homesick
! P8 z! F2 Q- J; ~I measured the miles% Y' R1 u% C. R6 X! U- |6 O4 l
set the clock's dark hands
. _" V$ D, v! H3 x9 Twith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
9 Y3 [+ K1 _. }) uI watched others
" h- L: T1 x7 I. \0 j' f+ Vcome and go back9 ?6 z1 n7 s5 x3 F1 g1 Q
go and come back
' p" k. B; \2 P9 `We never did. n& M5 X/ B; y$ |$ G6 g
nor can we now
/ u" x4 M1 [5 l0 ~resettle in the old country
3 {. n: W L( `4 Cleave our children
6 C- T; z" M0 k$ a( {and their children ( y! f. P ^$ P
settled down in theirs o5 k0 N7 \* x
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; X( c# o$ M6 `, B* E-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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