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Coming here$ V' X, C' Y, m
Settling down
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Homesick8 y- K2 q" E% K9 @7 o- U
I measured the miles
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" l( T. p" B. a; Y2 CDays inched into years% g- n2 p, W( M# o. F9 z8 b6 F
I watched others
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go and come back
4 g1 D. p& W, a6 ^; [" q' |4 CWe never did$ K$ g9 @ `& W# n7 l+ P
nor can we now$ b" q* N( S% ^2 T9 b9 {* K
resettle in the old country* L+ e1 Y1 W4 R3 g- U F) M/ B1 T6 b
leave our children 5 G, [ B% T0 x
and their children
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j9 K2 }. b! U9 }5 M$ K- M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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