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Coming here
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( L9 B. H! ]6 c# k- ~! owas easier for you7 r" ?4 m- u) W w& }8 |, ?
Homesick
* H% Z$ b+ ~: g0 tI measured the miles
, B5 t9 u0 f, U+ R! y% H% Rset the clock's dark hands# T7 Z0 h3 B& a/ R1 J5 h
with a view of returning to home ground( a3 E2 _: G1 v9 A9 o9 j) {* D5 D3 p
) d [2 x$ I. ]! uDays inched into years
/ P" b+ ?. G' N6 A( cI watched others
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go and come back5 l7 Y q# H* ]; L7 ^/ v
We never did- @8 p' x- k' |1 p y3 h7 C
nor can we now
/ I4 D6 d4 ^+ K: Presettle in the old country
, ~% k' ]; C# Qleave our children
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settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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