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Coming here6 C9 v, G6 H3 @
Settling down/ i; N( _* }' q4 m3 l5 k
was easier for you
[0 I. z$ Y7 n u# ^1 } hHomesick
- ^4 v2 j4 `1 ^. q' ZI measured the miles
2 w; G+ S! Q% k/ U- ^; K; Lset the clock's dark hands
& |* v9 g, M" @: K, Pwith a view of returning to home ground
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* G8 p2 `) C o- D% NDays inched into years
* w6 ~3 X8 R5 r( A- II watched others
& B* v- A. U4 n; wcome and go back
4 |5 _% W) E5 n4 a+ |3 Sgo and come back5 V% z: R( |+ ^$ ^2 D m! }
We never did, x* f+ X6 s; C9 v$ d3 A. K2 [8 ^
nor can we now7 q, b3 P! |3 o- _8 z
resettle in the old country
# A3 J1 ?: G0 \6 \ x) xleave our children ! C0 X, U' C* w8 W# y2 v; l: X
and their children
' s; e+ u. P% `4 s, J. V+ g! esettled down in theirs9 D% Z$ \- |/ N, y1 n
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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