Runoff, or, Here There Be Tigers

Posted on July 22, 2018 by John Biscello

My desire,

running the length

of corridors, unwitnessed,

untouched, smoldering

in resident ancient bake–

Here there be tigers,

clawing at the sun’s

scorching midriff,

gutting the fame

from light,

until there is

no longer

any difference

between molten blood

and golden dust,

here there be angels,

purpling

and interlocked

in God’s double image

of cherish,

engendered by words

running wildly off.

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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7 Responses to Runoff, or, Here There Be Tigers

erroneouschoices says:

July 22, 2018 at 1:40 pm

This is not just liked but loved, yet there’s no love button, it’s among my all time favorites.

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- John Biscello says:
  
  July 22, 2018 at 1:41 pm
  
  There IS a love button, there MUST be 🙂 Thank you, Dude Fred.
  
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  - erroneouschoices says:
    
    July 22, 2018 at 1:51 pm
    
    Well. Not on WordPress.
    
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  - John Biscello says:
    
    July 22, 2018 at 1:51 pm
    
    Duly noted.
    
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- John Biscello says:
  
  July 22, 2018 at 1:44 pm
  
  Just wondering: have you ever read the collected letters between Anais Nin and Henry Miller? They range from intensely philsophical to intensely sexual, and many moods between. Read em years ago, but just popped into my mind.
  
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  - erroneouschoices says:
    
    July 22, 2018 at 1:48 pm
    
    Yes! I have one of my most favorite things ever ever. It’s what made me love him too!
    
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  - erroneouschoices says:
    
    July 22, 2018 at 1:49 pm
    
    I’ve read it lots 😶😳 lol
    
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