“I’d woken up early, and took a long time getting ready to exist.”– Fernando Pessoa
In the early morning, a yawn
brought tears to his eyes,
and then the agonizing consideration
of his metaphysical wardrobe,
and how he should appear to himself,
or to the mirrors held up
in the back of his skull–
Breakfast,
he crowed loudly
to no one,
yes, some buttered toast
and good strong dark coffee
before attempting anything
to do with the management
of self
along remotely intimate
psychic edges.
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About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, spoken word performer, and playwright, John Biscello now lives in Taos, New Mexico. He is the author of three novels: Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, and Nocturne Variations, and a collection of stories, Freeze Tag.
His fiction and poetry has appeared in: Art Times, nthposition, The Wanderlust Review, Ophelia Street, Caper, Polyphony, Dilate, Militant Roger, Chokecherries, Farmhouse, BENT, The 555 Collective, Instigator, Brass Sopaipilla, The Iconoclast, Adobe Walls, Kansas City Voices, and the Tishman Review. His blog--Notes of an Urban Stray--can be read at johnbiscello.blogspot.com. Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale was named Underground Book Reviews 2014 Book of the Year.
