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Coming here
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was easier for you' s; |4 T |3 ~+ E, K: }2 t# a$ W s; y
Homesick
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with a view of returning to home ground. g, V$ b1 B/ w2 B% B# Y& g
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Days inched into years
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come and go back! ~- V( _' e8 V* _# R/ T b1 \
go and come back
( g& J+ |2 N- h, g+ g0 PWe never did
5 _ S' D9 \ [, J) xnor can we now
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5 k) t$ h9 F8 h( w; ileave our children
: C) }& l9 A0 v! h7 tand their children
3 ~8 N k8 I0 X, {# ^/ b. b. M' Fsettled down in theirs
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) B: x; m4 V* ? j7 @7 n* C& F+ C ?-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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