Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
Homesick
) u# [3 m8 k' }9 ]I measured the miles
4 _) {0 [5 Z2 }+ u6 s$ }( S2 J  Qset the clock's dark hands
. W2 o. e: \; u' L# I, Mwith a view of returning to home ground
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) A2 x4 K6 m( nDays inched into years
I watched others
come and go back
$ R  T5 C' g- c, |1 T( b9 [go and come back
We never did
. S8 c# Z3 ^# E2 `4 v- g( H# w% C1 X# Nnor can we now
! ~) g, J% r7 q  ~1 [resettle in the old country
leave our children
) r, d# s& M* i* |) rand their children
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990