Settling Down

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Coming here
& }( k0 u% F& r, l8 f- JSettling down
' M9 y, s% U# K. w4 Kwas easier for you
' x( ~: h, C" B' BHomesick
6 g4 G7 a4 R% \& M! P# m# i" zI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground
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% ?2 ^. r: l( ^: Y( n- F, zDays inched into years
I watched others
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4 A0 T5 H( x( j8 ]: E. R; Ygo and come back
We never did
nor can we now
0 \" k6 r) f' m- w6 m- mresettle in the old country
6 c6 z4 b, F# _# Nleave our children
7 ~: r/ I5 b9 L# K2 Y: yand their children
1 c3 K9 W- d4 x' _% H/ ^; ~$ u3 csettled down in theirs
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! Q6 D2 r) R' u& [0 r5 C-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990