Settling Down

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Coming here
3 K8 ~7 E1 h4 i4 Z% q: e/ K( qSettling down
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Homesick
1 o; H  L; U0 Q! {. u7 j' p% N: HI measured the miles
  v, \4 ?' ~  B( e# x: {set the clock's dark hands
) K5 }, f! P) |; ywith a view of returning to home ground
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Days inched into years
8 ]$ S0 b$ b( l7 ^$ \( II watched others
" F0 P% ^5 V+ Q7 b$ Q3 _2 tcome and go back
1 H+ I  A! l, U, Rgo and come back
, x# k& _. l& [9 i0 O6 bWe never did
nor can we now
resettle in the old country
/ g, m" E9 }2 Q& p* t) e* nleave our children
: f  i) A  K1 |. g1 f! }! _and their children
; t5 h7 E) V0 V+ e# D9 ksettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990