Settling Down

billzhao

Coming here
Settling down
was easier for you
Homesick
I measured the miles
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with a view of returning to home ground
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/ V9 z9 E9 T2 `* [I watched others
come and go back
5 d/ s( h; d4 j( `5 Pgo and come back
) i1 }! v/ {4 C- h& gWe never did
7 p5 u/ s. l( g: lnor can we now
+ U. F: T! c: m! a3 cresettle in the old country
" r: Z& Q2 q  @1 ]/ ^. }leave our children
and their children
3 x0 D; ?1 d- zsettled down in theirs
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-----Margaret Saunders, in Bridging the Gap, 1990