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Coming here
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was easier for you8 D* V w4 O7 J. b
Homesick
8 i8 D' t2 ~8 P8 O! a9 PI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground t6 |/ f) T0 i- P V! A% c* J4 Y2 P: n
& T# o4 P/ D* G" uDays inched into years% j. s. `' F9 X; N, U, t: Q! @
I watched others. w3 O3 e( V& `) |
come and go back% o6 B& N( T d7 Y" i
go and come back
# d+ w, v- k0 ]9 \; q. OWe never did
' \" _& @7 m1 O! p4 inor can we now
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a) F3 ?' P! \6 A+ H+ Cleave our children
/ a2 Q7 Y8 X4 W1 Oand their children 5 n3 U4 k! I1 \& Q5 o9 \
settled down in theirs% Q, ?( i( ]% c4 s& @+ X. s
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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