Nightwalk

From the series, Japan Poems.

At night,

the high-rise

with the lighted siege

of multi-colored eyes,

grows stumpy legs

and projects out of the earth

to wander freely,

without conviction or purpose.

No one,

not even the people living

inside its boxy compartments,

know that the building

uproots itself to move

beyond the norm and known.

Its ambulatory nocturne remains a mystery, a secret.

I wait all night

on the other side of the darkly dreaming river

to witness the high-rise get up

and take off.

I wait, and wait,

under a moonless sky,

and consider the rare intimacies

achieved by trust and longing,

by distances savored

in the company of solitude.

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About John Biscello

Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001. He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; 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 plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
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