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Coming here
1 y( o# \) D0 j% P! u% QSettling down2 V8 U% E- O8 ~ t7 W+ o/ A/ [( l/ X
was easier for you6 p; }. t. z+ \. n4 D
Homesick) y( O- ~/ v: s6 `+ y- { a
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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$ ?& J6 ]) e1 Z# q, lDays inched into years7 P9 d& x$ Z. L; V, S
I watched others& j$ h* |6 E: n+ @/ [
come and go back
8 v% J6 `2 ^1 Bgo and come back
6 n8 s; [; t: s0 c. e# XWe never did
7 ? n( L- O: j. A1 s5 m( Anor can we now
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leave our children
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settled down in theirs' l5 g6 w7 P% `- P2 a
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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