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Coming here: ~( D2 K J$ u1 |- }
Settling down) m6 B! Z( l- `1 q7 q" P- N, n
was easier for you$ _8 P* ^) \- L& ]+ P
Homesick% a: U2 j$ t* ?3 i* G
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground1 [; G' P* q' e
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Days inched into years
& h, Q( o: |* i2 @. k: I2 X" I/ F8 `I watched others
4 |) ?% l0 v- g: Ncome and go back
3 w$ }/ D+ ?, }$ Q# J# H" u. rgo and come back
+ l4 R6 F9 d/ R" ^5 S* Z( Q: EWe never did
% G" R* P2 {1 m) P! a2 Y) qnor can we now
1 E: V% K- w/ K1 g7 o, j/ Sresettle in the old country" [: K; h; `' I F( b6 I
leave our children
% P5 K$ O/ W+ F eand their children 0 j' T+ B7 O: d/ I5 Z! r# _
settled down in theirs
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9 B, N$ P* D$ B' u# w' J5 g-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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