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Coming here
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was easier for you7 y( J: ]$ b; \, P
Homesick
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with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years' w3 K! ]( z. r' J: z8 B5 m
I watched others8 g+ J% U; R% H6 h% Z
come and go back) P! R# P+ B) {" B$ R: ]7 @
go and come back6 r* E2 a/ [# l+ }
We never did
# [, z* H9 \4 X1 O4 Xnor can we now
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leave our children
0 t7 R& h0 |& Q# Z3 kand their children 9 w7 H' m0 W" S; F, y2 Y8 n
settled down in theirs
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0 {- J0 g. S" @: N1 |* P' i" c3 d-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990 |
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