Lodge

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Hell, according to Sartre,
is other people.
When I arrived, god knows where,
silence, dust, clouds, a time-scarred sign
and not a soul anywhere to be found,
I began, in earnest, and jest,
to wonder if Sartre was right,
heaven,
 a favored solitary principle
adjusted to fit one’s gaze
and plight.

 

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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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8 Responses to Lodge

  1. This is wonderful.

    Recently you didn’t post something for over a twenty four hour period and I panicked thinking you might have stopped forever 😶

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    • Some forevers are shorter than others, as any middles school romance would attest to 😉 That was my day off from writing, when I didn’t post. Being between projects right now, a state which sometimes induces great panic and restlessness within me (though I’ve gotten A LOT better), allows me time for smaller side projects, like writing specifically for the blog. I like to give myself specific assignments, this last one having to do with writing to photos and visual images, which I greatly enjoy, hence the blog-baked flurry. I also enjoy your takes on relationship, and self-actualization, and your self-empowered stance on Cran-Rasberry Snapple, indeed you are a liberated female drinker of the best stuff on earth 😉 CranRazz, your newest in a growing line of nicknames?

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  2. Ha to your first sentence, mostly humorous because of which I have a serious writing (middle school) crush on you. The things I typically find myself in when I find writers/authors I adore. I’m thinking that’s where the nerves and butterflies come from in your blogging presence. Haha. As well as I keep linking readers to your blog everywhere I do. 🤷‍♀️
    Cranrazz, I think it’s my favorite so far. Whenever you add two zz’s to anything it sounds much cooler.

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    • Thanks for the middle school crush. The little boy in me, gooey-centered as he is, still responds adoringly to things of that nature : ) As an Italian, the way to my heart is to my stomach, as a writer the way to my heart is to and through my imagination (and words). Typically, I don’t like to converse all that much through the comment section, or to engage in cross-currents of cyber-dialogue. Though, look, here I am doing it … with you . . . CranRazz … two zz’s does make a difference, and perhaps has the bestest ring of all your nicknamezzz…

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