Recording Live

To abide,

faithfully,

the recording angel

on my shoulder,

to dream, trebled,

with eyes

and ears open,

glass pressed

against the thin, plasmic

veil separating one world

from the next,

a straddler

and eavesdropper,

since Childhood,

on behalf of a life

that does not advertise

or wear itself out

so easily,

requiring a tease,

like the snake

charmed from its straw basket

through music’s make,

or the tongue

flirting with air

to gauge the climate,

tastefirst,

to placehold

the arabesques

and delicate savor

of an endlessly

moveable feast,

we,

legends

to our own

called stars,

are born

with stories encrypted

in our hearts,

each telling

a listening,

and recollection,

echoes recorded live

on a loop,

just one long

blues song

forever at the mercy

of Eternity’s remix.

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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