Double Exposure

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I.
There is strange music in her head,
a choir’s brew.
You cannot see it
but, in the bask of a sunchecked idle,
she drifts beyond ordinary logic
to dream of water
like melted locks,
like aquamarine flowers
silk to the touch
and praising.
II.
She could be Cleopatra on Valium,
calmly awaiting the tragic destiny of asp.
She could be Jackie O. sunbathing in Greece,
far far away from a slow motion drive in Dallas.
She could be Anne Sexton,
having escaped herself in a postcard
dispatched from Cairo or Capri
or Shangri-La, a cursory note
scrawled in haste–
Having a great time without you,
Love, Anne

 

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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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