Nothing Keeps
It never remains the same
There is no reason
Everything changes
Seasons, people, objects
Things move, grow, morph
Things are removed, replaced, reconstructed
Skies are grey, blue, orange
Trees are different
Everything is always old
Or new
Bought, sold, borrowed, stolen
Liberty given, taken
Found with pleasure, neglect
You are my metropolis
My industrial animals
My man-made horizon
My falling freedom
Here, oh here
Nothing keeps
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.20.15:36:00@EastRiverNYCQ
Where Is The Beer? The Beer Is On The Shoe.
Wine spills
Guinness follows
She bends
I witness her cleavage
Her smile and pierced chin
Shoes wet
Table chips
Fisherman sits
Walking by
Stumble beneath
Second round
Euros spent
No hires meant
Stocking stuffer
Purple melting
Mind loss
Your host lost
Secret stealth
Twice occupied
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.12.12:47:00@FCORome
Where Is Argentina?
I’m positive
Between your well-worn shoes
Cobble stone streets
Armor guarded chapels
Broken stains
I’m a descendent
Waking up to your
Holy neons and pointing nuns
Priests dub a new track
They close the shutters
She passes by in multiples
Together bare
In every hue and shade
Youthful fountains everywhere
Straddle your motor
Midnight speed
Frozen, I kiss the city
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.10.18:57:00@PantheonRome
Pantheon Drip
Drip, drip, drip
I see your hot pink drip
Pigeon goes,
Pigeon flies
I hear a river flowing
Drip, drip, drip
Blonde bird
Brunette bird
Red bird
Bloom
White man
Helmet man
Suit man
Gone!
Drip, drip, drip
Alone
Drip, drip, drip
Dry
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.09.13:41:00@PantheonRome
Beautiful Suckers
Drying you of everything
Dripping deserts clean
Rivers of stone
Taunting, they lure
Dirty thieves
American Express
Photographic ecstasy
It’s all a scam
A triple lie
Definitive threat
Human degradation
Tactical war game
Missile defense lost
Surface charge
Almost at crest
Beautiful,
I am no sucker
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.07.19:58:00@PiazzaDelRisorgimentoRome
The Berliner Girls
Taken my nationality
Removed my cloak
Declare - I am circumcised!
Buy your shoes
And say -
Goodbye!
Unpack your goods
Stand by a tree
Extra large
U8, you ate!
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.07.11:43:00@BerlinMunichFLT#234
What Good Is Light For?
I need the dampness
I need the cream
I need her orange scarf
I need his dream
No flying darkness
No shining light
No wedding bed
No rocky bite
I need the prowling
I need the steak/stake
I need her skin
I need his passing ache
No Greek goddess
No night lullaby
No fee reason
No blood dye
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.07.11:30:00@BerlinMunichFLT#234
Polish Electricity
I was feeling faint
Weak, fragile and unreal
I was about to collapse
Decompose and fall apart
The end came
Before the start
Old age lines
Spread like disease
Chanting languages
Movements understood
September thunderstorms
Bolts break open the sky
Sitting behind desks
Crossing legs
Misplaced elastic
Spell check
Couple of donuts
Four pack hold
Didn’t get named
Watergate laughter
Burned inside
Dozen times
Multiplicity
Electricity!
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.05.19:25:00@SchlesischeBerlin
Aley Steak
Dozens of cows lined the street
One by one they are selected for slaughter
Sitting down at the dining table
I have my knife
I have my fork
I cut - I eat your steak.
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.05.09:38:00@A8BERLIN10117
At The Albrechtshof
Move in over river Spree
Spread like smooth butter
Memories of paintings glow
Upon steps of heritage
I take you hand in hand
A waltz on a train
I don’t even know your name
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.05.09:35:00@A8BERLIN10117
Mistaken Love
Remembering you draped in shades of red
I stand tall, I stand straight
Down hills, sloped, hard, rocky
I bend, I step, I climb, I fall
You hit me with your rattle
Up again, hit once more
Step after step, I get to the top
And spiral downwards
Helpless, you occupy my heart entirely
Your whispers enchant my dreams
I tumble, I stall, I halt
Crying in the corner
I peer out, I watch the others
They dance around the fire
Touching, reaching high
Stars light the night sky
She closed the door
I realize now what I need
I knock and follow the path once more
Nothing in sight, signs point in directions
My hair turns grey, white
The lure holds me near
I kiss her wet lips
Shattered, I’m awake
Awake
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.09.01.09:50:35@AleyLebanon_Koury
I Always Hear People, But I Never See People
Hearing their language
Through mosquito weaves
Wicker beds
And falling paint
A cloud surrounds my existence
Damp, I listen once more
Electricity hum
Beyrouth Traffic
I don’t see them, I only hear them
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.08.31.12:31:39@AleyVillaLebanon
Eight Hours
She lives
I don’t know where
She sleeps tonight
Beating drum sounds
Calling sons and daughters
Down aisles true
Beneath footsteps
Imprinted moments
Atlantic dusk, Mediterranean dawn
Night shadows descend
Her smile infiltrates my mind
Her eyes penetrate my soul
She sings my song
I hear her wings
I hear her fall
Just eight is what it took
A kiss, a little touch
A forever memory
A forever love
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.08.23.23:33:00@AleyLebanon
There Are More Clouds In The Sky Today Than Yesterday
Losing my friends, losing my love
Like before, I look right - I look left
I smash the glass, I yell, “Father! I am sick!”
The glass breaks, the glass falls, the glass, everywhere glass
So, love opens up
Love opens the door
Ajar forever, he is the clock, she is the wind
Swimming in this ocean
Decisions are tripled
You thought I would never phone you
You thought I turned away and would never look back
Thorns and needles, stones and rocks, burnt ashes and broken glass
The world collapses around us
Magnified magnificent - the world pauses
Clouds parting, I’m in the air now
Fire is burning, flowers are blooming
She escapes through my fingers
The last strand of hair floats away forever
Dancing across the sky
She is the star in my heart that keeps me alive
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.08.12.11:23:35@130BKLYN
Stopping Love
I stop time.
I stop the earth’s rotation.
I stop the clouds moving across the skyline.
I stop the clock rotating.
I stop the birds in flight.
I stop the flower growing.
I stop the river flowing.
I stop the volcano erupting.
I stop the tear crying.
I stop the ladybug crawling.
I stop the enemies fighting.
I stop the bombs dropping.
I stop the dew forming.
I stop the rain falling.
I stop the race beginning.
I stop the heart beating.
I stop the light shining.
I stop the sun setting.
I stop the wind blowing.
I stop the music playing.
I stop the painter painting.
I stop the singer singing.
I love to stop.
I stop to love.
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.07.25.13:20:23@130BKLYN
Not Really, Not Real, Missing
It wasn’t real
Only a temporary situation
It will be resolved when the moment is over
Like a dream she came and went
If only I remembered my teeth and wishbones
Bones
Making July love
Heated extravaganza
Yelling matches
Fist punches
Thirsty for a beverage
Down by the sea
Flying East
I’m hit against the head
With a shovel, a fork, a sickle, a tuna hook
Memory is now served
Flush it down
Worries aside
Making happiness is beautiful
Forgetting your name
I drag myself up and out
Exiting the room, I look behind
One more glance, one more stare
Without a lasting scent
She is gone, she is gone
Last year’s place of birth
Today’s traveling sensation
Observed the tower falling
Enter my room
Pull the trigger against the village
I survive the pulling
Not really
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.07.11.09:38:02@296NYC
King’s
Cannot bare
Cannot crucify
Wish to bow, wish to hail
Begging for forgiveness
For Jerusalem
I rise once more,
A man unlike God
I protect, I guard
I spread keys among shadows
I repent, I replenish
I feed the hungry and poor
The last knight stands
In trust and defense
Built of every man’s sin
He exists only for you
© 2009 David Greg Harth
09.07.08.04:22:00@DakarFlt203NYC
Hard
Heart
Head
Art
Love
On
Off
Left
Right
Bend
Push
Pull
Move
Time
Space
Wall
Floor
Wood
Stone
Steel
Brick
Job
Business
Occupation
Work
Disease
Violence
Destruction
Obliteration
Creation
Birth
Growth
Sprout
Life
Death
Truth
False
Seven
Ten
Seventy-Five
Thirty-Three
© 2008 David Greg Harth
08.07.02.18:07:00@1071FifthNYC