Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
: R8 O, t6 C# |3 M8 HHomesick
/ L" O! Q7 C% f0 B* Y; p4 SI measured the miles
) t6 w& n/ n" b4 wset the clock's dark hands
; V1 u$ Q1 p2 Xwith a view of returning to home ground
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6 [1 }3 p% l. N# q  Y0 R. ]Days inched into years
, L" R9 V' d, s/ F2 aI watched others
3 p# d8 _2 b7 b+ h: W2 ecome and go back
* L; V% g* a! E8 Ego and come back
; i8 A6 U2 x! _  z7 x% {6 QWe never did
nor can we now
7 n$ Y/ T7 D% {; c/ J( Bresettle in the old country
leave our children
and their children
* g3 t/ J( X9 x8 hsettled down in theirs

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7 C0 [" [: e! D  q) ?-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990