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    The Key to the Cage: Collected Poems 2012 to 2014
    The Key to the Cage: Collected Poems 2012 to 2014
    The Key to the Cage: Collected Poems 2012 to 2014
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    The Key to the Cage: Collected Poems 2012 to 2014

    By armando hazaveh

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    Armando Hazaveh presents a collection of poems inspired by art, daily life activities, nature, humor, and the hope for peace.

    Do You See the Roses?

    Do you see the roses? Inhale their sickly sweet perfumes. Grasp their lush, silky petals and their piercing thorns. Do you watch them hour by hour, in silence, as they wait for an unsuspecting victim to puncture? Tick tock, tick. Tick tock, tick. Their time is growing scarce. Do you spy the midnight sparrows? Catch their fierce battle cries. Sniff the rotting decay of their aching souls. Do you watch them wither slowly before death reaches out and snatches them in its cold, dark fingers? Tick tock, Tick. Their time is running out. Do you behold the trees? Evade their colorless leaves? Take in their sacred whispers swept away by the never-ending breeze. Watch them sway at the strike of an axe, before tumbling down with a deadly finality. Tick tock. Their time is trickling by. Do you perceive the apples? Taste the deadly poison within. Ignore the rotten portion in a crumpled heap beneath your feet. Do you watch them wither, turning black within until their once fresh, juicy core has gone dry? Tick. Their time has almost gone. Do you see the humans? Taste the blood lingering in the frosty silence. Hear the rustle of fabric as they turn against each other? Do you watch them drive their companions to death with their cruelties strung up like a banner of pride? Silence. Their time has passed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateApr 23, 2015
    ISBN9781491751077
    The Key to the Cage: Collected Poems 2012 to 2014
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    armando hazaveh

    Armando Hazaveh enjoys engaging in conversation about the humanities, cultural differences, human rights, social justice, and the pursuit of equality, respect, and peace. His interests include high-performance automobiles, lacrosse, and art.

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