Advertisements for astronauts
in fish-net stockings,
and you, tobacco-stained fingertips,
a scholar of whistling,
salacious in the way
you used to spit brown juice
into the wind, expecting to not get hit—
those were the days,
I sighed to my red suitcase
with the stubborn zipper,
as I packed away my bones
and thought about which cinema,
in which universe,
I should go and visit
before the postcard in my pocket
dried gravely at the edges
and lost all sense of meaning.
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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