The Next Amendment

Posted on July 27, 2018 by John Biscello

We,

as humans,

have the inalienable right

to bare hearts,

pouring molten

light

and lush vines

of dark,

to practice humanity

in all its patterns

and forms,

we, the living

revolutionary works of art

forever

in the process of becoming

what we already are.

gull

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 two novels: Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale and Raking the Dust, 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 The Next Amendment

erroneouschoices says:

July 27, 2018 at 1:29 pm

Practicing humanity. I like that. We all will forever be practicing humanity. If we could keep that in mind as we go along it would save us from so much heartache and hurting other peoples. Eventually maybe one day when this is world is dead and we are other life maybe we’ll see where and why all of this was, and how much growth was accomplished in this practice.

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- John Biscello says:
  
  July 27, 2018 at 1:32 pm
  
  Inspiring and treasure-hearted words, E.C. May your humanity practicing be blessed and enriched.
  
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