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Coming here
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5 b# N# z( `: S i( P3 awas easier for you
$ y) c; M3 @; ~Homesick
- Q/ S4 M/ X3 @9 m% p' N( kI measured the miles6 y* @8 ], W1 ?/ T# `
set the clock's dark hands7 Z h) H8 }4 S: m n
with a view of returning to home ground5 `4 p3 g+ K" i; r4 B
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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0 T8 t# c, y& W; X& f3 }0 w; iWe never did- V/ f5 v8 n! X0 ?2 o* @ _
nor can we now6 \8 a7 Y7 N& w) `
resettle in the old country
/ A' a4 ]' \+ L5 Oleave our children
7 S* B' W Y5 D( B3 L+ @7 Land their children
; Z4 [. v# H0 s1 n* X5 lsettled down in theirs
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- q F: c: ]8 p0 i2 v8 }1 T" G% K, r' w j-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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