Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
6 {8 Q6 i1 Q9 ^  cHomesick
. o% V2 o4 u, l1 UI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground
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7 x* J1 x% F5 V& A" d  L* uDays inched into years
I watched others
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go and come back
/ J6 ]+ X; \4 O- mWe never did
0 c1 H0 P' }5 b1 w, jnor can we now
8 {2 l6 c7 Z% Iresettle in the old country
9 @4 Q# I, B9 [4 j3 X( pleave our children
7 ?( F/ B7 \0 F( c8 C5 M/ k0 D, o0 ^and their children
) M+ C' W$ b$ |! d' P" {9 Z. c- Tsettled down in theirs
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( S* r& g! X; G1 S-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990