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Coming here2 D! W ^. n: N: y+ v z! T- u
Settling down
( P9 n/ q9 a j9 [% L7 k+ Mwas easier for you1 N% {* h" V9 G4 P# ]
Homesick2 W2 t! i: ^% u5 H1 R" y/ Z
I measured the miles
& `# F' ?- W6 K% G, Cset the clock's dark hands
5 \6 |3 n0 H/ m& xwith a view of returning to home ground# c' b: m( F! T& |2 E; ^
' ?, W5 W8 _/ n, IDays inched into years8 L1 m/ I* `. z/ Z( N
I watched others
6 M# R" W8 t7 B+ p& Ccome and go back3 c6 M# |6 m4 v6 H8 @; J
go and come back
# }4 L- ? y2 k0 O. t4 [3 J, [/ }/ F; aWe never did) ^9 U0 j' H' X3 a6 g5 @ d
nor can we now
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leave our children
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' H1 J. [: w$ t, ^7 Q" |' Ysettled down in theirs' u+ Z; H" m4 c- W2 `' e8 ~
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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