Settling Down

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Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
Homesick
+ i! Q; D) N2 s" t! \" N$ s" _I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
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8 r9 {7 I0 x2 y, ZDays inched into years
" b- W- x6 {) ?5 t. ^I watched others
( a0 K. P& n1 ~+ Z+ s! R/ vcome and go back
8 D& Y1 a, H# I6 l) s: K$ N$ }go and come back
* ~1 ?  J. A3 {% A' @4 cWe never did
; ]/ t' J, c" t- J: Q; mnor can we now
' L* V) V2 }% ^) i4 h, hresettle in the old country
/ t$ y& Z* d" L4 D( Pleave our children
5 d9 ?- }% o. X# zand their children
settled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990