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Coming here- ~$ h+ z! p+ u' y
Settling down! X9 N$ ?& w% F! E+ G" {3 n
was easier for you. L8 {; f0 \+ m
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
: r M' u- J* b5 L6 z, e# m1 ?$ ?4 l7 kwith a view of returning to home ground
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1 O, ~% q; y/ `: Y7 o. e/ I- JDays inched into years
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come and go back6 ?) V* W7 s* a* V e
go and come back
' {3 b3 b- U* i Q9 YWe never did1 Q( L. c* w: f8 S. ]" Y! S1 e
nor can we now
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leave our children
& t( u3 {8 e! M9 k) Z( T4 l. }8 kand their children
4 S. S& u, }2 `% \1 M. Dsettled down in theirs
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; [0 S) E" v$ c; e-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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