Vertigo

There were too many pieces to the puzzle,
too many keen faults in the symmetry.
She locked eyes
with the darkened window
of the building across the street,
and when vertigo took the elevator
down to meet her
where she was standing,
shaky and unsure,
she braced herself
for the kind of falling
that no one ever saw.

#21 from Untitled Film Poems
Image 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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