Coming here$ s5 x( ?6 x8 U/ X) F+ V
Settling down 3 D3 ]4 }& e- K* B+ ?: ?- A5 Kwas easier for you 1 D7 K8 s6 g4 u2 l3 k1 oHomesick, l+ G3 E# e7 T/ K: w% k+ j
I measured the miles + m# ~. W+ o* P( _set the clock's dark hands 3 J/ b, k L9 R1 C0 kwith a view of returning to home ground 3 G* p4 Y. t' l9 h) O2 E2 I6 H5 o1 ^- o( B
Days inched into years & O" C. g* S" ~4 w& J4 TI watched others7 g! a* @. R. _3 J/ t1 t9 z
come and go back1 V) U" o7 U( F- v' `2 k$ V7 d. j
go and come back " d4 ?0 r" i; [6 j( [( o( W- iWe never did+ |' d! V+ U! u7 X+ O
nor can we now 7 B5 U0 L& w. z$ @+ t2 U" J5 t+ ?3 ?2 Oresettle in the old country5 {3 h) m7 k' [. r
leave our children ! c* U9 B" z y7 U
and their children # V9 h$ K& G j6 r: p
settled down in theirs' |: G7 Z. P3 d5 Y
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990