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Coming here
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was easier for you
3 y( }! D5 i6 _. g3 tHomesick
+ b$ `( c6 B6 b4 Z$ EI measured the miles
. }* w" R7 F/ f i8 xset the clock's dark hands
* @* K8 _) B6 k7 u) c, @3 J3 pwith a view of returning to home ground0 K6 \4 p% E+ X; q; B2 t
7 p# ?$ i% T5 G# ]2 |8 i& W( e9 ^Days inched into years
5 k% }4 U! e. k$ w4 x3 r6 ?; uI watched others
" |( h! E' S& o! scome and go back
( P# }0 q% K4 Hgo and come back' p* p( H0 H s+ n
We never did- O1 p* E3 J1 T' B
nor can we now: P$ S4 B! h/ L1 g! d. q: f
resettle in the old country
9 |, |3 O0 r. S- {6 n- Yleave our children
1 Z, L2 d" z( K) M1 _ qand their children ' V$ D' |0 a! s8 a8 f# X* M
settled down in theirs
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5 Q* B: ~5 h" g" `. N; ]3 x-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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