Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
/ U- _1 a( c3 S. t% N  Cwas easier for you
Homesick
/ s0 P% o  L/ t0 h# \I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
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; K& L4 @3 D+ D8 I5 H+ nDays inched into years
I watched others
5 o0 B3 o+ `& f3 j2 a( mcome and go back
: F+ I% v$ g& `9 \1 I. Qgo and come back
! o' v) u+ V% ~3 GWe never did
+ T4 w- k  B' @& i+ Hnor can we now
+ l+ N8 f4 T; p2 Y/ S6 e9 O2 qresettle in the old country
leave our children
and their children
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/ i  [, }3 g2 N' ^9 Y-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990