Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
1 D% R7 t8 d/ q) k6 b2 Twas easier for you
! ?0 `7 K' a4 y$ gHomesick
5 T) q9 d; e& v' a9 s' j  BI measured the miles
; c0 O( M% D. ^! ?set the clock's dark hands
; `% M! F* }! }) J- @9 ]8 I- gwith a view of returning to home ground

, `  v$ `+ W( M; zDays inched into years
' a+ t- E; n  EI watched others
come and go back
go and come back
We never did
; k0 v0 X  f3 G$ s% Qnor can we now
resettle in the old country
& H( }4 d( J. T: @! zleave our children
and their children
% _9 L% }2 w6 _5 n* B  [7 csettled down in theirs

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' C3 Z, Z$ D( g( s5 {9 q3 y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990