Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
/ e% O1 q5 O  D1 C7 ^$ X9 Q* m* Pwas easier for you
+ i9 r& R( _9 J6 d8 oHomesick
" C* N+ Q9 Y5 P" u  L4 ?" ]  i6 K' cI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
& U# C! Y9 W/ L, x8 Q/ ]# Wwith a view of returning to home ground
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! L* }, f' c4 T+ H7 tDays inched into years
" B5 \) e' Q" P: f5 f/ LI watched others
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go and come back
We never did
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resettle in the old country
5 w. R' i% ^3 l; N- v4 _3 I; jleave our children
3 V! E4 t* |8 X; X9 |9 }6 Xand their children
! ~, Z+ O. u% m+ k) N) m. psettled down in theirs
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. m1 q8 U( A6 V+ {  [0 q0 k-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990