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Coming here- I7 `9 L& {% M% |9 D
Settling down
5 i' z6 \5 }0 u( _was easier for you- B7 v6 G I& X' n8 a' K4 M& \/ L
Homesick+ d# I7 @5 F! |5 `7 L' \. w9 b
I measured the miles5 W* O, e; l" M, z4 e+ D/ ]
set the clock's dark hands6 }0 k4 G/ g' ~
with a view of returning to home ground
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( j, X- L8 v- q# W& LDays inched into years
" K8 ?+ d1 l' S! G/ x8 gI watched others
# m$ y4 m& |7 L. Z. |( wcome and go back
6 U1 @+ o8 O$ {* g8 w( Ego and come back) _- R% }. L3 b. z+ _+ K t( q
We never did+ n2 J, ]4 o8 W; G* N7 G
nor can we now$ m% B0 B' ]1 g0 | F$ `/ S( T
resettle in the old country
/ y0 m5 g( n4 qleave our children
/ C. L( t# |3 Tand their children ) @! ^) S0 R* D- @5 }
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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