No Answers Needed

What would it be like

to immerse fully

in glory-be,

the phoenix

scatting heraldic

firewalk bop

through a veil of scattered ashes,

a sound bath

comprising a plasmic cake

of purple bubbles

and mint slather,

what would it be like

to dissolve swimmingly

into a dance beyond distance

and worldly concerns,

as you flirt with Eternity’s

starriest fox,

a pinwheeling conglomerate

of molecules, dreams and dust,

spelling out the bones of love,

its play-siege,

in a necklace of smoldering cursive,

what would it feel like

to trespass freely,

to grasp the liquidy Gorgon tresses

of the numinous,

the manifold tentacles

of nightsong,

as you swing wildly

to a ballroom blitz

of pure unfettered harmony,

held batingly aloft

between one spiraling breath

and the next?

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.

View all posts by John Biscello →