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Coming here
7 b, |; P- Z) Q) K4 YSettling down
, T8 l! f5 C, Owas easier for you
; j0 t9 O, N- FHomesick
/ y! @& b& \5 Z! z9 q( cI measured the miles3 d* R V) T5 W8 Q7 N
set the clock's dark hands; K" c$ |. s) ?+ N
with a view of returning to home ground
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5 u r" z, Q9 f5 X" v, K" q% `/ h' ^Days inched into years2 {) W6 J [6 Y+ x B' {
I watched others, Y g# Y1 Z2 D+ d, @- F
come and go back
8 k |) S( R7 r/ {, R' z1 D( rgo and come back9 j$ O. v: g" \& e( i! }
We never did
7 s- s6 c. c0 V* tnor can we now5 T$ t9 ~& V% Z% m. S; T$ B
resettle in the old country9 |6 s, s+ I6 m8 r& A5 ^/ e
leave our children
( B3 W4 d; ~/ L/ H: |) A6 zand their children
3 p7 d' q2 M/ w0 D6 w3 x" y+ R2 ^1 X* qsettled down in theirs7 [! a2 r( F% h m- E4 x; u, n0 K. K
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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