Happenstance

sheep

You mean to tell me
that God is Bo Peep
and her sheep are not sheep at all
but rather dream-spiders
spinning intricate patterns
and noodle-strand mandalas
to freestyle a movable feast
in some obscure forest
known by some as the Forest of Foxes Secret Weddings
and by others as
Joe the No-Name Forest
I mean
is that what you’re telling me?

 

(Artwork by Izumi Yokoyama)

 

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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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14 Responses to Happenstance

  1. I feel like you’re wonderful at writing so many different kinds of things that surely you’ve added children’s books to your repertoire?
    This was great, gave me a smile 🙂

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    • Yes, I actually have a children’s book I wrote years ago, which I still hope to publish. And recently had a book of fables, which were adaptations of classic fables, published, and they were paired with illustrations from a 1921 book. It’s called Once Upon a Time: Classic Fables Reimagined. And yea, in thinking of writing as a body of work, or leaving behind a “body” of work, well I wouldn’t want to leave behind just thumbs and a spleen, or a scrotum and an earlobe, try to be as full-bodied as possible, dig 😉

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  2. I think I’d love to live in your life with a spare room in your mind, not as you but as me watching you. Probably all the entertainment and fulfillment I’d need.

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