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Budapest

from Five Song CD by Gregory Ego

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BUDAPEST

Buda.
Pest.
Budapest.

On the one side is Buda.
On the other is Pest.
On both sides of the river lies Budapest.
Both sides of the Danube, its bridges parade rest,
Both sides of the city of Budapest.

I climbed Gellert Hill to the Citadella
And bought communist trinkets.
And took in the city’s Freedom Monument, Socialist-Realist.
I got there before Madonna, NATO, or Michael Jackson.
But not before the Colonel’s arrival: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

Bishop Gellert
Converted the masses to Christianity.
But there’s no statues for the bishops today
who play chess with the peasantry.

I stalked that blessed city
The whole damn day
No one gave me shit.
But at night, streetwalking pickpockets
Bust your balls in Budapest.
Like flies over meat left out in a pantry to age to grey.
Like stumbling cats who’ve been cooped-up
For too long inside a cage.

Oh, Budapest girl
With your Budapest breasts
I want to suckle in your city of artists.
And come away nourished by
The State Gallery’s paintings inside.

The greatest artists Europe agrees
To dismiss so casually.
Da-Da, Zsa Zsa
Coupola churches
Secret Police.
An old lady gave me
A kiss on both cheeks goodbye.
To liberating heroes from a grateful Hungarian people.
Budapest-style.

Buda.
Pest.
Budapest.

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from Five Song CD, released January 8, 2015
Gregory Ego: Vocals, electric guitar, bass.
Kirk Gill: Drums.
Clyde Becker: Violins.

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Gregory Ego Denver, Colorado

Gregory Ego: a 21st Century singer-songwriter and theatrical shaman of angst. A purveyor of satire and psychedelia. Part social critic, part mystic. Fulfilling the old "intelligence is sexy" adage.

Gregory Daurer: author of the novel A Western Capitol Hill and a freelance scribe. His work has appeared in Juxtapoz, 5280, Headpress, The Huffington Post, Salon, Draft, Culture, and High Times.
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