Choose Your Own Suspense

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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 ______________________.
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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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