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Coming here
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was easier for you4 l5 b" B n3 y, p/ |% O
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years: ~/ j: q* S% U. V# ~
I watched others' y9 n+ x8 C& X) r6 F: t
come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country
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and their children + f; i% U. `* Z7 E
settled down in theirs
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1 `: R, _+ l. E" f* \/ O* ?-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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