Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
- P7 z9 _% X3 X7 I+ t, U$ h, Dwas easier for you
Homesick
) q& B: a4 f; ?$ }8 {- VI measured the miles
: W7 k1 g8 u) b- N# }! h5 Sset the clock's dark hands
- y& l6 F) @$ I! \7 Iwith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
$ j4 V5 U. o! j$ yI watched others
come and go back
: L8 X* G! D% n, Ggo and come back
% T- d6 X4 E' W& h0 q0 I4 GWe never did
nor can we now
resettle in the old country
9 ^+ o9 H* e4 U' `leave our children
and their children
  Q, ~: e+ b. X8 ^) r2 Vsettled down in theirs
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4 U2 Z3 p5 T. I1 b$ k) w/ }  v-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990