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Coming here
3 n- K. l5 i" P+ i. XSettling down
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4 \4 o5 ?6 e( F, [7 D( y% KHomesick) P3 R$ ], u! ~5 Y
I measured the miles$ m* A# r" ^' N" ~7 }. x
set the clock's dark hands
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, r" P" q: F, p9 KDays inched into years
# O g/ o0 x- A' |5 {I watched others
3 _! ?* O3 ^9 Y( { u Y( [come and go back9 z) j+ \ r* x8 [3 v" b6 ?
go and come back5 O! ^2 }1 r2 t; u2 M( ^/ g% k9 u- ^
We never did
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resettle in the old country
R8 v( \% [. X; k0 V. o6 D) uleave our children . O/ U( y3 l/ r3 N% R6 [
and their children
( C G R: v( |settled down in theirs6 o z, R6 `4 M6 m. O; y* C
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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