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Coming here
' l) M# I5 E' y& P/ rSettling down
' ]* S& ?$ Q5 Fwas easier for you
; |7 X* k0 [; q: T8 Z7 o. zHomesick
# r/ A6 `5 [1 i. P4 `I measured the miles
8 ]( t2 E. S2 n, `6 e: Bset the clock's dark hands
5 o I/ O1 Q9 x' N; Qwith a view of returning to home ground
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! n9 J; d( T: q4 XDays inched into years5 m/ |, o) l, s! r( F9 y/ f
I watched others3 c; c$ o6 M" Z1 M4 [; t, b1 G
come and go back
) }3 Q4 Q8 }. {go and come back
( o- y( y5 R, R* ]( T0 [ x. [: P( UWe never did! l* k! G2 A! t# u8 K" z- K
nor can we now7 u2 _* H" S% i0 m l7 L$ h4 u
resettle in the old country
$ W/ V6 s) d4 E5 K4 |leave our children 2 ~$ O: v) |6 m' Y" ~
and their children " M9 Z( y1 s6 k2 T4 K
settled down in theirs, B3 R# j! o* f; W/ j- {6 I. v( m
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3 }4 x, n% p' x; M3 L-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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