Coming here; o: s7 }) o* f1 j4 J
Settling down ' R0 y6 f- [3 w7 D7 Pwas easier for you+ h& \; `+ r# B3 B
Homesick4 I5 f0 a; h4 {
I measured the miles2 U; |- }& i& H3 T3 e. Y5 G! ~
set the clock's dark hands ( E9 F2 {2 N8 q4 M l+ ~with a view of returning to home ground 9 X4 u; P) L3 o/ |8 I : s& q; S) v/ q$ v! q( HDays inched into years $ U( m6 z0 W, R- X6 G4 eI watched others / B1 R: a- S4 |come and go back ]! L: ]) X- N/ y
go and come back5 R+ j2 v" B( v/ V$ u; `
We never did$ r4 `4 n) F2 O! w3 O4 R; V
nor can we now " p$ A# }2 S/ sresettle in the old country : \; E& R$ ]. w/ i! hleave our children : F; X- t7 B1 n/ g0 n
and their children + Y. T! |" ^4 I0 T$ |
settled down in theirs * A- N. u; i" x- Q4 O0 i2 ?. v' j0 s+ A! q/ ~5 x# n |3 ?; [0 p
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990