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Coming here3 W8 J6 U `0 w/ S( w8 ]
Settling down
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Homesick
, [. ]: F5 d* n) p5 ]' S9 yI measured the miles
& W1 |% }( R" {6 M. j0 g" N4 ]set the clock's dark hands
; \* i: N$ t1 ^4 w4 O9 Uwith a view of returning to home ground X( v* _# r0 J+ H
) u7 g7 E9 L( @; ]' H1 ~Days inched into years% A+ S+ A8 ^: B7 u
I watched others X9 _; K! A( I; ?& {
come and go back
" F# E+ e# a: g1 Qgo and come back
6 M0 g2 U1 q8 l8 N, F! _We never did8 E* T8 f$ E, F
nor can we now
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leave our children / f) r( r3 _6 h- L4 m& N
and their children 2 m0 v8 I: ^# n- B
settled down in theirs
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3 u& K& d0 X0 Y$ z' L) W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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