Foam

Collect her broken bones,
her sea-washed cortege,
and sentences of charged
glimmer,
and pay close
reverence
to where
the slow, reedy breath
of the pearl
steams the shell
of its host,
and when the time
is right,
just right,
kiss
the unknown lips
of her hidden history,
uncollected
to the tides
palling fringes
of foam
and memory.
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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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  1. Sensual and tender. Beautiful

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