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Coming here+ B0 }: ~% V' Z2 P
Settling down
8 {. S" l( ^- e# V; vwas easier for you8 Y3 X; q! N, u1 b& ?1 R! f
Homesick
0 P: J# v1 e1 b7 E# S# PI measured the miles
2 v( w4 h" L- \! `; T# }set the clock's dark hands
) c# j. s% J" J+ X4 e$ wwith a view of returning to home ground9 Y/ L' f- q- W/ c! O) m5 R7 T( D( M2 l
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Days inched into years. @2 J, z+ s$ Z/ ~
I watched others2 \( c2 U& N1 S6 j3 z
come and go back* R" F+ {$ g! \2 j' t$ I
go and come back
8 m( `0 h( C0 |" @We never did8 ^5 i, g& c0 ]
nor can we now0 Z6 }, n6 @! o
resettle in the old country
7 r5 N: u/ B/ X3 i! I; aleave our children ' x7 J$ P! S0 l3 [+ v0 n# l9 p6 u
and their children ' ]7 x* }# u. V
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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