The Earthling Chronicles

Posted on January 26, 2020 by John Biscello

The Martians,

in their conscious longevity,

stamped our passports

and immigration documents

long before our legacy of amnesia

broke

and we came to realize

that everything, including our sense of planetary privilege,

has been a sham, a lost man’s desperate invention,

and while some wept and wondered, and wandered with nowhere to go,

others kept right on,

working their jaws religiously,

in chewing stick after stick of savior chewing gum,

which apparently becomes the stickiest stuff on earth

when engaging contact with foreign matters,

and other things true

to the calling of home.

About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; 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 produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.

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