Moonman

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Moonman, when will you return?
The world has gone to trembling,
and scattered its once-proud feathers,
we are presently undergoing a plumage crisis
and are in dire need of luminous mending.
Your glyphic signature
remains in the palm of my hand,
remember,
so many moons ago,
when you branded it there,
and promised that you would return
when the time was the time,
and that was that, a cryptic response
which left me baffled.
I am still baffled
by so much,
but I continue to trust
that you will return
to usher in the next wave
of symbols and myths,
plus you’ll re-dress
us in new feathers,
and we, beyond skin and bones
and muscles, will become
the stuff of legend.

 

(Artwork by Paul Klee)
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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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