Harlem To Paris Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Those living in Harlem
want to live in Midtown

The people in Midtown
the Upper West Side

The Upper West Side on
the Long Island Shore

The Long Island Shore
in Aspen or Vail

Aspen or Vail
to the beaches in Cannes

The bathers in Cannes
to the Champs Elysees

People always search for where
life can begin

A place that remains distant
and far out of reach

Any excuse to look outward
and not in themselves

Theirs souls left in turmoil
—their hearts not at rest

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March,2018)