Settling Down

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Coming here
/ Z9 {6 X  E+ X" f2 P9 SSettling down
- Z- J* t, [; r) x8 awas easier for you
0 ^6 Q' ?! J# P: s4 u/ ~Homesick
1 p2 ~1 n* J* i/ q2 y/ c5 Y9 ?! j- [I measured the miles
1 A, j' H1 D4 ?( a$ K0 O- oset the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
I watched others
come and go back
go and come back
. Y0 x! n6 T8 [# ^7 T5 \9 GWe never did
nor can we now
0 C! ]6 C3 V* d% mresettle in the old country
4 W2 q( a: K% C$ Y1 dleave our children
8 b& i$ z. b( `9 i" ~" |/ T7 Aand their children
* e8 Z7 B: R! \/ @: N- }+ R8 V* q6 ssettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990