Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
' @# e" ^8 m: V0 f* V, aHomesick
; H9 m0 x, R: x; sI measured the miles
9 s9 d8 L" d* [7 U# R: V$ Uset the clock's dark hands
# f" I( t, V* }1 R+ C( {' P) v$ Swith a view of returning to home ground

% h* Q" A* p, A9 c+ H  aDays inched into years
: J% l, L, Z' i- {" P( R- [I watched others
4 P8 f4 L, U" V2 S) f4 D; c. jcome and go back
go and come back
We never did
/ ~& Y. W9 P0 n- m( U; e1 ^nor can we now
4 S- Q( d9 V6 W5 dresettle in the old country
0 O  ^: t7 |& Xleave our children
and their children
- I' o, [9 U' f6 esettled down in theirs
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+ ?( E0 s; {- d0 @4 m3 R: q7 K-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990