Settling Down

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Coming here
# K5 _' N8 z& F8 @9 ^# XSettling down
9 G; C( O2 P1 Q+ p: g/ E; }was easier for you
9 [. v0 V" i- L7 JHomesick
I measured the miles
3 C1 ]+ [6 H* fset the clock's dark hands
' i$ |9 j( m" V* i, L2 Zwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
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come and go back
/ z8 c* b/ r9 ]& Lgo and come back
We never did
nor can we now
resettle in the old country
0 j1 s& y$ \% H4 O- u& ?6 O8 a( q* yleave our children
4 j6 \+ O7 y, [  b, }and their children
5 a/ l( h$ l" s: P- p& l  ]8 Fsettled down in theirs
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  }' c+ y# g$ B5 w4 ]# I-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990