In a world
of far too many assassins,
conducting strikes, consciously or un,
on souls
and their tenderest wilds,
we need more whisperers,
those miming the cursive gist of stars,
willing to rise up in choir
and share the stories
while imparting the secret codes
indelibly imprinted into the molten core
of our divine origins—
The whole shebang a song and dance routine
that never goes dull, never grows old—
singers, dancers, dreamers,
stirrers of the heartstock jazz soup
in a bubbling cosmic cauldron,
and mark my words,
what begins as a slow river
of whispering
will become the silver-tongued sea change
upon which new vocabularies
and seasons of being
will turn us inward,
to the angels
and reapers
who were always us
to begin with.
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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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