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.
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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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