Coming here " M+ i# K# \7 C8 [) ]Settling down# s: X3 U/ |8 J5 m+ M s8 s
was easier for you2 I2 _. K. ^7 j8 v; \
Homesick " ~. G1 i9 Q+ |# KI measured the miles D Y/ N" d8 ]/ m+ f- s7 n
set the clock's dark hands ! A- j# Q- u) f) v& G* @with a view of returning to home ground' D8 x; F( `( S1 ~* a! \) U
9 e; W6 {# T- ], i7 cDays inched into years 5 n1 s% b4 ` L* |) q) mI watched others 1 h& q9 U' b) r& T* v9 h! d' c0 _come and go back6 i/ H" S2 }" X. \8 I: D3 P
go and come back 7 r$ n6 I0 B1 m* T/ PWe never did 2 U2 p3 i5 e- _. J W" e* n4 l) ynor can we now8 t9 }2 Z3 F% [) w/ V
resettle in the old country5 L# g- p# I7 ^* J1 u
leave our children * p: K7 j/ y2 {and their children " u# K& @2 \# A- |( P" Q1 K
settled down in theirs* O' i8 X: H3 P! E
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990