Settling Down

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Coming here
; S! f1 ?/ a8 }0 cSettling down
! c+ W8 u  F4 P; z7 r" S4 Y1 Rwas easier for you
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I measured the miles
set the clock's dark hands
3 E$ a! T+ ~8 t3 A: Qwith a view of returning to home ground
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* j; r6 L  z+ n8 fDays inched into years
! ?8 `6 U7 d( t/ X8 cI watched others
( N; P$ a: n  e1 Ycome and go back
go and come back
6 u: R! r% i( N' u' O! A' b3 G) c' eWe never did
nor can we now
resettle in the old country
. h" Y+ z$ f  z3 E7 k6 o: Fleave our children
and their children
settled down in theirs
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2 }& R9 y5 {2 s$ W-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990