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Coming here
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Homesick
. O, ]# k, |+ II measured the miles
" b6 `, r1 W) _3 P2 i1 V" j; Kset the clock's dark hands
0 o$ \/ B# H' b$ F5 _! Swith a view of returning to home ground
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6 q! I" E$ E5 r! r5 s; |- IDays inched into years, y* U9 m# e: ]0 e. t
I watched others5 S0 H0 G4 l2 s' `! t) V N4 T% \
come and go back* N) y' A4 G) n2 c
go and come back
" q4 K/ Q# ^" W/ pWe never did
/ |5 |5 E$ a% {2 ~nor can we now
8 V$ v2 _9 t' V8 yresettle in the old country8 \0 E* t! ~0 j
leave our children
( B; T/ K4 w) _1 B- T' c J' zand their children
5 b3 ~7 }* G$ l' y3 T# H* k; csettled down in theirs
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& d, c2 l2 i0 h+ J$ l; J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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