To My 20's
How I freak out at the steps of my university
Eating Vietnamese sandwiches with you
And shivering because it's cold, because I want to dance
How I still panic at the thought of presentations
Something that you learned from my teens
Perhaps you should stop sneaking him into bars so
often
How I wanted to eat blueberries with you
If you peel them they turn out to be green
If I peel you, you'll turn out to be a child
Who despite efforts, still can't do math correctly
Or spell defiantly, I mean definitely
How I wanted so badly to sleep at appropriate times
At 10 pm or maybe 12 am but you persist on 5 am
Do you not sleep? Are you in love?
Have you spend money on things you don't need
On girls you don't love —
How sad I get on my way home thinking about money
And the drag of living
How I want to visit you in France too
And enjoy a Koch with Franky in the Hamptons
I walk around the streets
An upside down umbrella full of rain
Does it matter now that I was sad and heavy?
How wonderful am I to live these years as a clear blue day
How lucky to have run into you, do you have a
minute?
Chang (Harrison) Yang '17 works as a freelance web developer and is applying to graduate creative writing programs.
Yang was awarded the 2017 Academy of American Poets Prize at Pace. Yang grew up in Naples, Florida and graduated
from Pace with a degree in English Language and Literature. He lives in Queens, NY.
A poem by Chang (Harrison) Yang
2016–17 | 25
