Some Like It Hot

cindy #32
Some women
waited for men
to light their cigarettes
for them
but never her—
she, the one who netted
her own desire,
and blatantly committed
a most lovely heresy
by balancing
a small kernel of the moon
on her fingertips
until her cigarette
burned
and underscored
the legend of the woman
scorned as a witch
by men
who didn’t know what to make
of unclaimed fire.

 

(Photo by Cindy Sherman)
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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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