Coming here $ z( Q! p3 `& T# x; QSettling down . f4 I' l8 i8 E! @& kwas easier for you. y7 r. I0 r0 N2 d
Homesick" L H2 l2 C: x, k! M. y' j- x5 G. i+ ]. j( b
I measured the miles / L! v& G% X6 a/ M0 ^7 u$ s% L6 Lset the clock's dark hands$ i$ e+ A) Y/ l0 f L
with a view of returning to home ground $ t& f8 G! F; Q7 B) t& ?# X7 M. b# s2 }* d( s! C7 G& X
Days inched into years / s) I/ i# Z: V! Z* w6 {" F7 kI watched others * ]: d. O" j$ A( B+ N9 Ycome and go back 0 b3 X. q# N. |# }% @go and come back( N0 G6 s7 F# F% X, _
We never did* T2 n$ B* q9 ?2 N3 G* K5 a. T
nor can we now ; P; U' O1 T( _" v+ presettle in the old country 9 Y3 G. I2 a9 S. _( Fleave our children ) W/ [* ~8 m( z# Y6 ~" g( ^& O
and their children 8 D$ {' h! {: ~" K. i% I* w+ X0 ]% i$ T; Ssettled down in theirs" t7 j* o) P' i. V' L6 l
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- I3 h6 \0 f: w! N+ X-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990