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Coming here, _+ O" g) J( j
Settling down
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Homesick% O p$ L( F& V- g
I measured the miles
& D( @ n( j/ C2 X7 wset the clock's dark hands1 M1 m; j3 M& p
with a view of returning to home ground; i, b( E4 J e3 B6 Q
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Days inched into years" n% L# n# s- s; P
I watched others! I6 I: @! Y) ]* i
come and go back& s7 R9 S. \6 G5 K% H5 R& j
go and come back
) r2 X0 N$ A2 q- [We never did* r9 W b* b0 Q% k& H, R# C0 W
nor can we now
7 R5 Q8 ^' n# m4 S( W# presettle in the old country
/ V, j6 {( \/ u7 w8 }/ Nleave our children
' Y: B& n* p8 U0 t4 q* [( @and their children
) h7 x1 j. e1 w' ssettled down in theirs5 g8 }4 {/ |- y. e9 t" u* B
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6 k9 Q- K( K* w4 J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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