Greece, At Present

Posted on July 24, 2018 by John Biscello

I am here

sitting

under my favorite

olive tree

in the park

the one with

craggy grooved

armor for bark

and eulogic boughs

for arms

and the leap

between the thought

I could be in ancient Greece

to

I am in ancient Greece

is not far at all

and I thank god for imagination

as I soon forget myself

and watch a hawk

ghostgliding

across a wooly pride

of albino lion

clouds

while in the near distance

I hear

prairie dogs

popping off

like five alarm

squeak toys

and I am here

nothing more

summer in my throat

and in my eyes

and ears

I am here

a privileged

witness

enjoying an embarrassment

of free riches

beyond mortal claim

or measure.

About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, spoken word performer, and playwright, John Biscello now lives in Taos, New Mexico. He is the author of three novels: Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, and Nocturne Variations, and a collection of stories, Freeze Tag. His fiction and poetry has appeared in: Art Times, nthposition, The Wanderlust Review, Ophelia Street, Caper, Polyphony, Dilate, Militant Roger, Chokecherries, Farmhouse, BENT, The 555 Collective, Instigator, Brass Sopaipilla, The Iconoclast, Adobe Walls, Kansas City Voices, and the Tishman Review. His blog--Notes of an Urban Stray--can be read at johnbiscello.blogspot.com. Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale was named Underground Book Reviews 2014 Book of the Year.

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2 Responses to Greece, At Present

erroneouschoices says:

July 24, 2018 at 9:19 pm

This is absolutely gorgeous. Displayed all lovely sight perspectives, a thing that I adore about you.

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- John Biscello says:
  
  July 24, 2018 at 9:28 pm
  
  Thanks for citing my sightings, E.C., it is appreciated!
  
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