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Coming here0 S+ F' H, T9 O/ D5 p! A
Settling down6 d: ]6 ^1 N5 r+ I
was easier for you6 t7 A1 _1 a, C; L0 E
Homesick( v& {% f- b3 r6 U# i+ l) P
I measured the miles
, r. m: W9 a4 i. a0 V4 Hset the clock's dark hands
2 r' [1 h5 G5 m. y% X7 x! Rwith a view of returning to home ground% _9 m$ i8 @' {0 f, p ]
" V0 d% w' q# `Days inched into years- P$ K1 ^: F! {
I watched others2 Q I$ B6 b0 I+ n$ `
come and go back3 Q" |1 R3 x+ ^. h4 G9 F( R
go and come back* A0 i3 o. f! Q0 d
We never did
9 O9 A6 q+ a, Fnor can we now+ m+ t/ A" K/ b# ]
resettle in the old country5 _ y' ~% A8 L" W7 V8 l
leave our children ( `4 a3 @0 L a2 @7 [( V) U
and their children 5 m, d4 @. @* \2 w1 g. S' ?4 K
settled down in theirs5 |8 q1 S# ]4 g2 h# o3 { w
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+ R& I/ k$ y# o7 O* b& l* Y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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