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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
    Author

    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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      The Key to the Cage - armando hazaveh

      I Want to Be a Bird

      So I could soar like my paper airplanes,

      Held by nothing.

      So my dreams couldn’t escape me,

      Never outside my wingspan.

      I could poop on people’s heads—

      An unexpected disturbance—and

      Steal crumbs of my favorite cookies.

      I could fly through the sky,

      Determine,

      Instead of being determined.

      My hopes are no longer a mirage.

      I could listen to silence

      And understand its peace.

      I could stare at the sea,

      Looking without the need

      To understand.

      Trouble would never ricochet

      Inside my head again.

      I would hold on to nothing

      Like it was life,

      Then let it go.

      The rain in my eyes is

      Equal to

      The tears of the sky.

      I could love anything,

      Relinquish my fear of judgment,

      And remember

      Myself.

      Bossy

      If you are bossy,

      Then your face will be mossy.

      Mold will grow between your toes.

      Don’t even get me started on your nose!

      Oh no, your head,

      It’ll look like bread!

      And then your brain—

      You’ll forget your name.

      Then your eyes—

      Both, I mean.

      They will fry,

      And you’ll turn green.

      Your mouth will melt.

      Your hair will smell.

      Oh, they’ll know.

      It’ll show that

      You are bossy.

      Fantasy

      The clock is going; it can’t be stopped.

      It just keeps ticking,

      Tick-tock, tick-tock,

      Until the lady returns

      And the man wakes up

      And dons his old and worn coat,

      Calling his lady home.

      It just keeps ticking,

      Tick-tock, tick-tock.

      Green Screen

      Drink that Red Bull,

      Swallow it up.

      Lick every drop

      Out of that cup.

      Shop at TJ Maxx,

      Get those shirts.

      Chillax.

      Instacrap.

      Jordans, Nike, Adidas—

      Everything you could live without.

      Flat cap, snap back.

      Drink that Red Bull until you are all out.

      Highlighter

      The armor was once shiny.

      It was wanted.

      When she got it, she laughed—

      A blessing to behold.

      She loved it and wore it

      Everywhere.

      Into the battle unseen she rode.

      Her armor kept

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