Pressure Cooker

cindy 84
Sometimes
the last straw
was a torn grocery bag
while several cracked eggs
bled yolk onto the floor
and you heard his key
in the front door
and the blackening notion
that any one of the pans
would do the trick
any one
came on strong
and stronger still
when you heard him call out
Honey what’s for dinner?

 

(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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