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Coming here8 s/ b! N6 L3 G! V
Settling down
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Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands: k% y. }: M7 m$ p/ y
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years; F5 J( a4 Y0 G
I watched others
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/ S- R" e* F. I1 sgo and come back
8 j; B' e9 A/ k+ Q4 LWe never did# a; X5 Z/ P$ i9 \+ f
nor can we now0 I4 @5 @) c. D* j1 D# z
resettle in the old country3 i8 V0 G6 ? n3 C
leave our children 9 t& j# k4 I' f
and their children 9 u: S' b' x) j# W: e$ Q
settled down in theirs
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* N+ C, [) C; g# C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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