Derek Ouyang Poems

I want to be a machine
So that I can fall in Love again
I want to sleep with Grace
And stroke Beauty with the tips of my fingers
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You sit in those pews
And listen to the silence
And stare up at the ceiling
Convincing yourself you're
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We are having a yard sale today.
Hold the door open for me, Mother says
As she carries a box out onto the driveway
And the cats scramble out for fresh air
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It's been so long since I've been home
This loneliness is worse
But I've developed secret powers
To cope with my remorse
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If words could kill, I'd kill you at once
I'd put pen like stake to your heart
I'd write you dead so I could write you
Alive again, and ask you how it felt
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The clock ticks relentlessly
But our hearts beat faster!
Who is Time to think he can outrace us now?
God give me speed, but let me take the wheel
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