Coming here0 z9 j+ |- l4 p; R, `* s- d
Settling down4 b. `2 E7 C/ l3 E9 L/ S
was easier for you. Q3 D! t7 J5 z; q1 S+ B T0 R. Y
Homesick . u# ]9 h) j( \* B4 O) g+ ]I measured the miles # a6 M0 P3 }' R# @ Uset the clock's dark hands 7 D; P, |0 n. z: s7 Zwith a view of returning to home ground9 O+ V6 {9 Q/ p3 [* R
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Days inched into years! L0 s7 U2 ~5 y4 N; u$ q- |
I watched others 5 o% k$ b# C5 l* v0 R) }- y/ `come and go back 8 ^6 W* v- N9 U9 @% Vgo and come back 1 H* }! c! l6 C- u$ Q0 B7 u4 ]We never did9 |% _+ I1 n$ r& G& u* @5 b
nor can we now : B2 P' R- v& O6 A0 N% ~resettle in the old country' i1 T1 W* W7 ^" j* G
leave our children {' Y6 j: N! k- N5 t
and their children 7 e# g6 n. ?% ]9 q! m; @& `settled down in theirs) O( Y& l3 l" J) ^5 Z' x
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* X! [9 p6 L- G- B( c2 M& @-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990