Moliere Dreams of Noir

absinthe II
It was a blue Monday
when she walked into my office,
flaming red and smoking green–
Drink this,
she said,
it will make you bigger–
it was then that I realized,
the gun in my pocket,
the stubs in the ashtray,
the debilitating hangover,
and the dream inside the head
wearing the fedora
didn’t belong to me,
the worst alarm buzzkill
being
a reality check-in
for an imaginary invalid.
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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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