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Coming here/ Z( y, Q8 h$ l" K& D) F
Settling down
# @- W2 j+ l7 J( w, uwas easier for you k+ C/ i( U+ d0 u
Homesick
f& P. \4 Y" O8 C s. {, \/ LI measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years+ z* \. Q! D7 y/ J4 W
I watched others) ^) Q1 I2 f9 J X6 `+ J
come and go back& [) S3 n7 _! g6 F
go and come back
0 {8 z: f% ^2 h& t: r" m: H% [We never did
2 n, l, D/ w3 _nor can we now
2 o; j. M3 f& Qresettle in the old country7 _" J7 y# _* c- \9 }0 N6 r4 _' X
leave our children ( }! a i. ?3 _0 P6 D4 b# e
and their children . I8 e( h5 U8 m/ g
settled down in theirs7 H! u6 l# b. i. b& N
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* G/ O; Z9 _& E- C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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