Settling Down

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Coming here
8 m' A5 D3 Z+ |2 cSettling down
9 z, X/ C2 ?8 c2 H' J* L4 J" I) V7 Pwas easier for you
( D* ~- @2 v& p1 S8 @Homesick
I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
) E; M& `$ k* ], K0 g% a* Cwith a view of returning to home ground

% v% K4 o) A2 R# x# Z% S( M4 xDays inched into years
: j! m4 }: t& S0 ~I watched others
come and go back
) R% c  k# X3 ?4 _' a+ Mgo and come back
1 e) D# ?. S* c! oWe never did
0 u- v& {: w+ f8 U" p  gnor can we now
resettle in the old country
' W, B$ L; D  w0 e- yleave our children
) }3 m: c1 @5 L% \+ Qand their children
7 r2 K. H# H2 Esettled down in theirs

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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990