Settling Down

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Coming here
- u6 [3 q, h5 ]* b( r, t) ySettling down
' d$ @4 o0 i. P/ u" B  b& rwas easier for you
1 j/ G6 w" ^; w, G9 [) bHomesick
I measured the miles
3 Q5 o0 O9 D( m! z3 xset the clock's dark hands
! r1 R1 ^9 b6 N; r+ Qwith a view of returning to home ground
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+ [- w! z: [1 c2 X& uDays inched into years
) r8 M9 q; U2 GI watched others
come and go back
+ S) ]2 Q1 K, x3 G1 m2 ~. g1 R, ggo and come back
7 I! b" Z0 O4 s) v2 ?7 K- cWe never did
" s8 z0 q& J  I, inor can we now
resettle in the old country
leave our children
& p) a, T! ~  z' f" dand their children
/ s  ~! F! C1 w* d( q% {% ssettled down in theirs
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  W# I9 d% t+ S4 M8 |9 w" c-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990