Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
& {" p) o0 H" \' K9 ^4 x5 _was easier for you
+ [8 }; c: E( m+ h& g8 xHomesick
8 Q* a0 A: o' C: B" @I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
with a view of returning to home ground
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* c) d7 g& g& P, |3 j0 LDays inched into years
I watched others
6 Z" {; e8 z/ V' B) ~come and go back
6 p" X* ~0 J! g& G/ n+ c& \4 M8 _go and come back
! N7 _+ c/ ?: g. R$ `1 [: N- `. r4 A: s5 rWe never did
5 O+ Y0 H% N# k  D/ n+ M- N& wnor can we now
$ }1 u( h1 q) U3 y5 \+ }1 Oresettle in the old country
+ v* ]. y; l" kleave our children
7 D1 t. b& U- hand their children
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990