Settling Down

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Coming here
& P! B( `) g* `1 D0 eSettling down
, v* p" C$ `# ~7 R8 kwas easier for you
Homesick
$ W* N* P/ _' s) R5 w& sI measured the miles
/ m" Z4 f1 n% C! Jset the clock's dark hands
, U1 \; Y2 E7 i3 B2 D0 {6 s: Lwith a view of returning to home ground
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% b9 }9 H2 v0 ^' iDays inched into years
' _0 q* w# l$ K0 {, QI watched others
5 m  r5 b( f+ i: M$ I9 Xcome and go back
go and come back
$ i% b* i% p- Y$ L1 n5 |- I  EWe never did
  X' P7 x- P" tnor can we now
resettle in the old country
leave our children
and their children
1 t$ A9 B7 q8 _3 T7 u' k+ gsettled down in theirs


% Y$ y- Z$ T; |) ^* H% ~! }/ }-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990