Settling Down

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Coming here
6 B) s5 b7 D3 [! ]Settling down
  T3 f7 i/ z$ j: m( Qwas easier for you
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5 ]* h& v) W! sI measured the miles
5 J5 j9 Z7 V/ u9 c. C0 f3 aset the clock's dark hands
+ V$ c+ N) ?/ |9 c& Y0 I8 Xwith a view of returning to home ground
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; f9 |" Q8 A8 I% bDays inched into years
+ Z4 I6 v1 s! T$ iI watched others
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go and come back
We never did
: `  d0 H/ o' |4 Cnor can we now
- l  I# F" i* Y# h4 R$ W- ^/ a) fresettle in the old country
leave our children
and their children
settled down in theirs
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" B& b# C6 A" l& g-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990