Choose Your Own Suspense

Posted on March 4, 2018 by John Biscello

Whether I had been waiting for him,

or he for me, I could no longer remember.

Or maybe he was a she, and I was a you,

gender and pronouns being so malleable

and always in flux.

Whoever, or whatever it was

on the other side of the door,

I, you, he, she, studied

the fugitive slant of light

spearing the floor,

and a memory knifed through,

just before . . . .

A. The door opened and _____________

B. The door stayed closed and the shadow _______________

C. The light grew brighter and brighter until _______________

D. _ awoke one morning to find that ______.

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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