<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=494638" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Loneliness Of A Homecoming</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">the man older than me<br>(by 20 years) writes about his<br>going back home<br>(after 30 years of working<br>in the U.S.) AND he was<br>talking about<br>changes: the old house where he<br>spent his childhood<br>was demolished giving way to a new<br>mall, <br>the creek was reclaimed<br>for an italian restaurant</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the park is still there<br>dotting with the younger generation<br>who cannot recognize him<br>neither him knowing them</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he is a stranger now in his<br>hometown<br>all his friends are gone<br>some dead<br>some went away to find greener<br>pastures abroad</div><div style="margin:10px 0">canada, new zealand<br>dubai, malaysia</div><div style="margin:10px 0">others have gone underground<br>wanted rebels of the<br>system</div><div style="margin:10px 0">he is practically alone now<br>perhaps regretting why he<br>came back</div><div style="margin:10px 0">what made him do that? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">he has no home now, he has no country, <br>no people.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=494638" data-title="The Loneliness Of A Homecoming de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="the man older than me (by 20 years) writes about his going back home (after 30 years of working in the U.S.) AND he was talking about changes: the old house where he spent his childhood was demolished giving way to a new mall, the creek was recla..."></div> </div> </div>

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