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Coming here
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Homesick( e' f! K0 Q. T( F- Z- v
I measured the miles. ^; b- m: Z3 l1 k) U( {2 G
set the clock's dark hands
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
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We never did
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resettle in the old country% x2 v7 D2 Q* Y8 [$ M% G
leave our children
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settled down in theirs9 d9 _/ n% L1 {( L+ v
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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