Settling Down

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Coming here
) M9 r+ \" g4 `, qSettling down
was easier for you
Homesick
I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground
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1 f: W3 ?- w+ l) k5 K3 V" VDays inched into years
! G5 O- S* b  QI watched others
4 ^. Q* D; p1 k5 o) K! Fcome and go back
2 O$ ~2 w5 g+ M# b  U0 d( Dgo and come back
We never did
9 i$ p: O# B6 a- |$ a3 Gnor can we now
0 I6 d7 b6 d2 f. n: S2 \resettle in the old country
* _" [) i, Y& n8 jleave our children
and their children
9 v0 i* F0 Z' A6 b! U# ?0 psettled down in theirs
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' O; J8 \7 P& K& O% _-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990