Hi,

I checked with the Ellis Island people, and they tell me "Nearly thirteen million is sufficiently accurate". This allows for a better meter:

When they closed down Ellis Island
In nineteen fifty-four,
Nearly thirteen million people
Had sought refuge at its shore
And in Springtime when I came here
And I stepped onto its piers,
I thought of how it must have been
When you're thirteen years.


                                                                Mysha