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Coming here
8 k' o# ?$ q; \% @ C8 mSettling down
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8 f# d; I2 k. \2 R1 r) XHomesick1 v: q% ?1 U0 Y! b, }
I measured the miles8 ^, u7 E8 a# N4 S4 e( L* n0 V
set the clock's dark hands+ d' }2 j- T7 |4 T, T
with a view of returning to home ground
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5 j; H6 h1 o% V1 }Days inched into years4 c/ t A5 B/ E4 {! e
I watched others6 H+ B: ]; L' e7 l
come and go back9 b8 S) |2 A) T0 U+ Z# f
go and come back+ {, `4 ^" p2 k M q
We never did
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resettle in the old country
& {0 A% G+ O* _; ~leave our children
6 ~- F5 z/ k" |( yand their children ! R4 e# l2 C. o$ U( r3 m8 J
settled down in theirs
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$ G1 N% Q6 ]; [: o0 @( j) Z( L( e-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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