Coming here 3 P- S1 i" |& j; BSettling down6 ?0 w4 q; E7 b$ h& [. p4 C& A
was easier for you/ h/ N6 e$ S7 x- i% T _
Homesick" ?4 o& l+ F" K) I9 l( t/ S/ `
I measured the miles' X0 W$ s& T3 _( N0 P2 ]8 F! V
set the clock's dark hands# N3 c: D7 A$ z) w) U+ j
with a view of returning to home ground . V( ^- R" M7 Z6 p. I6 Y5 j Z1 l0 T9 E2 q7 l- A
Days inched into years $ y- H5 [3 B# @; v1 U1 I5 N$ TI watched others( z4 j" o/ `4 z3 b$ y
come and go back 0 q% w6 F7 {& M* z7 T. Ogo and come back * |( \( |5 s u: _; Q! xWe never did5 y$ p! D/ e# m/ A* D4 I
nor can we now6 i1 ]4 `5 B0 U% K
resettle in the old country% e! V4 V& n: G Q' Q
leave our children ' w. J) J, q0 g( P
and their children 5 B! z0 [" L" T6 d
settled down in theirs+ T+ V3 N1 Z/ |# N. k2 ~
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& @% |- \. F/ X0 t9 J6 ^-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990