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Coming here# m+ n5 r7 ]- q2 L3 y+ {
Settling down& T% M1 n( l: [! u4 W! F: X
was easier for you: u& f0 L$ _: H5 B$ b* P9 ?. ^
Homesick
5 M. o5 x% z |7 _' [I measured the miles
8 B- A0 y( C# J& h; @7 Oset the clock's dark hands
" {9 y; ]3 W& w U- g( i8 Pwith a view of returning to home ground, p& C/ a& f/ K, }
7 L' K( e/ L P D8 O/ KDays inched into years$ Z0 b8 E l& M0 L3 g1 D
I watched others
8 _/ B, I+ |8 k, ~come and go back1 a1 O1 r$ `2 j5 ~9 q* v
go and come back
" {; `2 E( {7 R' D/ h& ~We never did
! [+ y# E5 q& z9 @6 v4 P2 } Tnor can we now
6 H, q6 v2 C' G9 n* Aresettle in the old country1 I& \1 y$ ^$ {4 v1 d" K
leave our children 6 y$ P' l' n1 o
and their children
7 D+ Q+ Y( Q, b& E$ f0 S4 Esettled down in theirs
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( i% u$ I2 F9 ]-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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