“Literature is an exaggeration, a dramatization, and those who are nourished on it (as I was) are in great danger of trying to approximate an impossible rhythm.”—Anais Nin
Leave the impossible
to the fishes
and the stars,
to packed suitcases
tagged for Borneo or Mars.
Or, become like Alice,
and commit six random acts
of impossibility
before you’ve had your breakfast,
which still leaves plenty of time
to do regular things like shopping
or the dishes,
though you can bet
that your noon lunch date
with The Fool
at the edge of that seaside cliff
will be looming large
and may endanger
your routine of normalcy
for the rest of the day
or for years to come.
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.
