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Coming here
1 z7 ^! V% v! B" |# SSettling down4 Y2 n! m( M7 y$ z# U- H
was easier for you. L! c; y# B7 M& K7 l+ n3 H5 c4 c
Homesick
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set the clock's dark hands) r* n! M2 x. O5 t1 L. u" ^9 X
with a view of returning to home ground" Y( |1 @6 Y. p8 J- W
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Days inched into years, m$ |, e5 m2 N6 [: e
I watched others& Y. m: D0 w# i/ [1 K" i* @
come and go back5 Y! w, C( q4 |# p1 ]/ h" f
go and come back+ P* f5 m0 c H8 g* n5 a$ k3 a
We never did' J- a7 H/ m/ j8 V- o0 |
nor can we now
& P: n$ o( t; r. eresettle in the old country
0 d1 o! m7 g& y2 [9 S1 S; X" Kleave our children 9 V# p; R' d3 @: N( d$ D6 ?. i
and their children
, x! o# O. }7 U( r. \settled down in theirs" r9 ~- f0 U" y+ i& C: K
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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