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    A Forgotten Piece of Furniture
    A Forgotten Piece of Furniture
    A Forgotten Piece of Furniture
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    A Forgotten Piece of Furniture

    By Some Poet

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    This book is a collection of poems, written over about 10 years, up to the present. When begun, there was no plan, no theme. It was a random collection of thoughts and experiences. The writer can only state now that this book is "an attempt to write about love, the darkness that can block it, and the fight to overcome that darkness to strive to win." He is not sure if he has been successful. You, the reader, can be the judge of that.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateDec 8, 2022
    ISBN9781662934599
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      A Forgotten Piece of Furniture - Some Poet

      Cage

      There was a parrot once.

      I used to wonder how he saw the world. Wondered, what would it be like, how would it be, to be that parrot, to see as he sees, feel as he feels? What does he see? What does he feel? Does he have a parrot philosophy, a parrot type code? Does he look forward to tomorrow or regret yesterday? Does he remember his kind, does he miss them, want to love them? What is his life, how does he feel? A parrot, a being, alive all the time, trapped in a cage,

      What if you unlocked that cage?

      A man decided to help

      A man decided to help.

      He got no reward or feeling inside,

      Still, he helped.

      Still he felt nothing,

      Nothing at all.

      Still he helped,

      Still empty, no feeling.

      Still he pressed on,

      Why? Why would he help?

      I don’t know.

      I only know that he helped,

      And kept

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