Settling Down

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Coming here
# g5 Q5 a- k) x' e" v2 D" zSettling down
7 `, I) w0 a4 }9 u+ B% i' A7 Pwas easier for you
Homesick
$ P! \% j$ p  q6 GI measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
$ W: x! u' p3 y/ S/ O& `" D' j( y8 Owith a view of returning to home ground
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: @% D/ c# W/ R% R2 EDays inched into years
, n* O) ~0 e: f' S+ ]4 y; |I watched others
9 ^$ q2 v: p8 |+ scome and go back
$ o/ _) ?, \! O3 K' D8 F: }go and come back
! U; |! j2 F1 \6 v' S  GWe never did
nor can we now
resettle in the old country
' B! w1 x2 s7 ?3 p' j$ u* cleave our children
and their children
settled down in theirs
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7 j" ]4 f9 m) ?& R-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990