“After all, it is no more surprising to be born twice, than it is to be born once.” – Voltaire
On
the slow
winding
backroads
to heaven,
the soul–
burnished, braided in ash,
given to fits of symmetry,
plunged into plagues,
stuck with knives
in a circus fiasco,
hitching freights–
just keeps on going and going,
cycling through a gateless opera of lives,
herald to its own bask
and choir,
birth and death
but arbitrary checkpoints
in its endless assumption
of wonder.
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About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; 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 produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.
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