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Coming here! f1 x' q4 Q5 N) O/ M4 b
Settling down# Y& Y+ V5 ^' _, n+ q% p
was easier for you2 H% d' k) Q$ @3 A9 N% ^( s
Homesick# `2 y/ }9 o& p2 {0 ]
I measured the miles! f& @2 M' a5 C6 s/ i+ W
set the clock's dark hands
. T4 W6 G1 b2 t$ }, G1 Uwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
/ \/ i8 Y6 ^- ?# C2 A5 nI watched others9 j2 O& n3 Y5 G' u) I2 y$ B
come and go back. e6 D' Y0 ~% I9 K/ R' z
go and come back
; [, e% s7 _) I. Q+ HWe never did
# r4 u g! V" q: U" L) a: Cnor can we now* u2 C1 ^- u% A" T, }6 ` o
resettle in the old country& p2 z1 B5 ^% d0 s) E* y7 \
leave our children 8 e3 V6 L* G3 Z$ `
and their children
& ^1 B7 U" y$ Z% D Xsettled down in theirs3 o: B0 @* f% b: q& v5 h
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/ A3 L! J! t7 |: i4 E-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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