Endangered

All the maidens

had gone extinct.

The debutantes too.

She found herself

in this place, alone,

a Bardo stage set

for a film

that would never be made

about women

who scorched revolution

into the earth

while kneading forgiveness,

for themselves, and the men,

who skirted the borders

of psychic endangerment.

#43 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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