Cell

From the series, Japan Poems.

In the loneliness of night

she stares at her cell phone

thinking about her next customer

not thinking about them at all

numb

wondering about her high school friends

what they are doing right now

the ways in which they would judge her

the cold clear haunt

of who or what she had left behind

rising up as a ghost

possessed by glaring vacancies

motel signs advertising

occupancies for least tender

trysts with oblivion

the world burns without ever stopping

no one told her this

in the middle of almost wondering

about something new something different

she is interrupted by a man’s voice

asking how much.

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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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