Banana: Love, Andy

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A religious protuberance, a monkey’s Marxist
gag. To be eaten, to be peddled,
to be inserted or diagnosed,
a digestible comic device,
precursor to aerial pies
and throwaway wives.
Banana.
As a word, it teases and amuses,
does not take itself too seriously.
Ba-na-na. Bah. Nah. Naa.
As pop art,
it flirts and models
assumed vanity:
skin of siren-yellow, a husky viscera,
negligeed in black tatters, zealous tip
hinting at its decorous appeal, implying
an androgynous grip on cinema
and Eden.
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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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