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Settling down 2 X. o- y$ E* |was easier for you 8 N B9 B: ?# m: vHomesick 2 y2 x# \. b* J3 j* S2 w- GI measured the miles0 U4 z. d0 `- K+ I. d0 H
set the clock's dark hands ; _( L! Z J; a6 M+ t/ I- ~with a view of returning to home ground q& r2 H; f& ?
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Days inched into years 6 `* \8 S" w4 E m% K/ QI watched others " [2 A6 s3 G" l, `5 d( Qcome and go back & k4 R0 g% ~- R' qgo and come back " D+ h4 u- Z. b' n* eWe never did 8 i0 t0 Y `7 Y1 ^nor can we now+ r. d) e( _8 l8 t6 Z0 c
resettle in the old country' y- o* V" A2 Q O9 P2 J
leave our children 4 ^1 E2 u3 e* Y/ m8 a2 ^8 gand their children * [1 k- c9 J$ V0 n% Z2 C
settled down in theirs/ Z0 c/ @' r3 {0 K3 Q
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5 [+ Z7 O9 r: j$ z/ a-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990