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Yellow and Blue Mark Rothko Print

In this lighted instance,
a storm-watch of gold
bearing the heft of silence
and time, slowed.
Blue shoulders the collapse
of heaven, it is the Atlas underlay,
the muscle cloud formation.
When the painter dies,
this tindered vault will inherit his bones,
a somatic cleave
between loving memory
and ghost.

 

 

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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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