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Settling down% R, J# j9 i) u5 Z
was easier for you
% i( z( C. O" G1 l! K3 JHomesick
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years+ F( m; C5 Y* x. [$ P& }* {
I watched others
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- i J5 H8 [9 U, J, cgo and come back
# G) X2 y" l& h. ~4 v# S0 \1 ZWe never did
* f% V9 k# }1 G4 k7 ?nor can we now% b& P: x+ @3 ?# \
resettle in the old country
' m/ ?3 J/ g: o7 H. Z. Zleave our children
! m. ?( K, s* P! o( U: yand their children * O+ w* W5 t8 j3 @# x
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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