It is sudden,
this life,
a billowing pop-up tent
for the quick and the dead.
And how true that,
its frayed denouements of
thread lead you back
and back again
through that labyrinth,
its spool
of yarn
the ravels of your own doing,
but always, always,
there lies in wait
that secret pool,
matched to the latency of your desire
to dive.
Guidance?
Ask the pearl
whose placement
was no accident,
but rather the cause of beckon,
stemming from its innate right
to glisten in the dark.
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.
