Settling Down

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Coming here
2 D8 k; q6 u$ R" Y+ J: f9 \! tSettling down
was easier for you
3 n9 V5 y, d2 f- D( j6 jHomesick
& }* [6 p& w) e  P5 QI measured the miles
5 X" W: D9 |4 N8 R0 cset the clock's dark hands
& J' Q1 J! J/ P! W( C  Iwith a view of returning to home ground
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- |8 L* z7 |# l  M* i- IDays inched into years
& ~+ R2 G1 X, E) h* E# n( BI watched others
% O6 \+ a  l* p3 g: B, kcome and go back
# v  k1 F7 x+ x/ o8 Ugo and come back
4 E5 N1 {1 g( b" sWe never did
nor can we now
4 Q! Y0 q: N; z( h$ h* P7 [" L) d" {resettle in the old country
9 U) N: [; {8 s( [leave our children
, N. x& \& D/ l) yand their children
settled down in theirs


& w/ D8 Q8 F/ L  k5 M-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990