Testament

From the series, Japan Poems.

The sea’s fathomless span,

its give and crush

a remedial balm

and testament to the touch

of what grieves us.

We surrender to longed-for

renditions of us going away

from ourselves to meet ourselves

in newly proofed conditions.

In the prevailing trails

of mist and froth

a memory, vague and formless,

returns to render the sweetest ache,

and that which has been long lost

will find you only to leave again

as a breezy reminder

that ephemera, without fail,

becomes us.

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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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