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Coming here
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" E/ v) z; x+ Q% q0 L, B' `7 P$ qwas easier for you
2 g3 {( m' Q. P/ u: u/ AHomesick; S9 e* p. @, j T4 n
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground' O) E% q+ A5 ~ s3 w
) q# d! D, M! O$ \" cDays inched into years
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come and go back$ I, F% C' @# [1 Y3 \3 q2 F j
go and come back# _+ |* h- N9 Q( z9 X
We never did
9 z) N6 `2 ^; nnor can we now/ T; h1 K0 n1 p
resettle in the old country" q. G' P0 y7 _' F& x2 S/ o2 Q
leave our children
6 j" T- S0 |% b2 i: Land their children
& T6 x. b$ H; w9 Xsettled down in theirs# W* j0 d2 T5 W% U3 S L' |( N
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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