What Remains?

If I were to go tomorrow,
and by go I mean no more
spells of wonder, or lines leveling
a manic fate, no more ancient fireflies
like safety pins fastening us
to thin, thin dreams, all our hollow
and chaste spires, a design for
living on the moon, for music
strong as it is high
to fall and fade;
if I were to go
in that way,
which parts of me
would you still find wanting,
what lightness
would bear the lasting remains?

 

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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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