Monthly Archives: May 2020

Declaration Rites

Posted on May 31, 2020 by John Biscello

When a nation becomes a paid advertisement for itself founding fathers turn over in their graves which they share with the ghosts of slaves whose chains they inherited on karmic loan.

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A Love Supreme 2020

Posted on May 30, 2020 by John Biscello

It is, here and now, a marvelous free bounty and blessed inheritance, this world of breath, our most vital resource and best friend, master to our disciple, and how clear must it become for us to not only see but … Continue reading →

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United We Stand

Posted on May 30, 2020 by John Biscello

  Photo by Zoe Zimmerman

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George Floyd and Us

Posted on May 30, 2020 by John Biscello

Here is a candle, a flagged token of light and trespass in the small hours for a man who is no longer with us, who, for eight minutes and forty-six seconds, desperately attempted to save his own life through bated … Continue reading →

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Masks

Posted on May 19, 2020 by John Biscello

Excerpt from a novel-in-progress: It was in the year _______, that a maskless society had ceased to exist. A decision was made by people who made decisions of that nature (yes, the masks, the decision-making, the proper authorities, all this … Continue reading →

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