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Settling Down

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发表于 2017-10-5 09:04 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Coming here
$ O! F$ O) P* y) z+ kSettling down% d: x' `. B) i; v) p& l+ l
was easier for you" d  g% O- A* r3 o, j& H7 w
Homesick
: A4 E) r; Q* C; @2 U' i) `I measured the miles
# ?; ^% k: n5 v' i3 J, }# I0 Nset the clock's dark hands
# U9 L) K# _- G: b0 }0 \with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
+ s9 @6 E. S) P( D) S: F" tI watched others
2 d8 y, J( n/ g6 q: V$ mcome and go back4 }9 a3 l& g- I- F' }0 C' A$ \! i
go and come back: _; H/ L$ s: u9 p. a
We never did
% T9 E/ m* W: z, h) _8 @# ]. Pnor can we now
2 ?6 x  y* n  f8 v- f8 B2 ~resettle in the old country& J) m9 q0 a. s  Y4 o& c/ D& K
leave our children ; r$ l1 V0 s0 g/ f9 ?/ I$ S
and their children
- A7 g+ R1 l+ I% B7 O- N5 C9 ^' Tsettled down in theirs: w8 u% l* u8 h3 e# |, ^/ _

# ~% l7 e* O' S8 H' t2 E# F; ~# S3 D4 U' C# C" E
-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990
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