Coming here; W5 |: m! C3 j& d( ^+ k( R
Settling down 8 o! T4 d5 M4 c# @$ o0 hwas easier for you M& d' _1 e( B: j! {4 F9 R# f5 c9 EHomesick8 `2 ?, h/ y9 W& v% `
I measured the miles ( O3 F( R% v# R; G/ |( @set the clock's dark hands 2 d$ s: w5 `* N% s# lwith a view of returning to home ground7 H- R' f; X% b" u
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Days inched into years2 l5 P% c$ y# k. H( T
I watched others * i. I1 g3 d; {8 W+ C9 ocome and go back # N7 Y; b8 k3 Kgo and come back Q9 a0 z: V* i3 g! L
We never did$ n! L+ q4 Y8 e! F @4 h$ x3 O
nor can we now5 p; J7 n: b: S; T7 [
resettle in the old country" x3 J$ a/ k0 P0 t3 z/ l
leave our children ' r; w; k& U+ [% G; x; X; M: ?5 yand their children # x& [, A6 j5 T4 ]' M
settled down in theirs * G% P% O$ F2 B1 a5 P; O3 s8 }/ e ! d& `( `5 g% K: y1 N. }- s 4 A+ f! [: p+ E8 g! A/ T7 B& p" [8 J-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990