Honeymoon, Rinse, Repeat

camellia
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.
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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; 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 plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
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