Settling Down

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Coming here
$ k! n  d% f4 J: N7 e0 N( Z5 XSettling down
5 |" l: j' t# S8 o- Cwas easier for you
Homesick
( a, ]3 G5 Y4 b3 y, z1 PI measured the miles
% S, R7 ^/ H" `6 G; T- r, aset the clock's dark hands
. A+ v/ a% W% A( J. C1 pwith a view of returning to home ground
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* V/ P6 b6 M1 J* M* y9 ?Days inched into years
& i' T" I! q5 y  F* N0 y" VI watched others
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2 G- p9 p& K) ugo and come back
  F4 F7 R9 \9 }We never did
" t: z3 Y' H( W2 m( wnor can we now
resettle in the old country
leave our children
and their children
4 z7 w: A, r0 L8 T+ b' gsettled down in theirs
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% |- F  D" S2 _-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990