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SONGS TO A.H.R.: 8. HOROLOGUE by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: I HAVE A CLOCK WITHIN ME
Last Line: THAT HEAL THE HURTS OF TIME.
Subject(s): CLOCKS; HEARTS; LOVE; TIME;
I have a clock within me
(Call it a heart if you will)
That tells me the time of timeless things
Beyond any skill.
That tells me how you will lift your head,
Just as you turn a page,
And say to me, "I love you!"
Words that never age.
Or how you will rise rapturously
And do some tender thing
That makes love seem as wonderful
As a desert spring.
I have a clock whose beating
Rounds ever toward some chime
Of harmonies between us
That heal the hurts of time.



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