Honeymoon, Rinse, Repeat

She crashed their sixteenth honeymoon,

violet lace and camellias,

ceremonial fashion for a ritual sacrifice,

and reminded him—I will kill your wife

however many times need be, my love,

to make sure you and I remain bonded

and not shackled. Her husband, who had eyes

for the same woman, slain and reborn time and again,

slipped off his ring, and then his skin,

becoming her lover

over her husband’s

dead body.

About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.

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