Take a selfie of the person pretending to be you.
Take a selfie of the self behind the person pretending to be you.
Take a selfie in which you are absent from the photo.
Take a selfie in which countless variations of you appear simultaneously.
Take a selfie of everyone you have never been.
Take a selfie of who you might become one day, if.
Take a selfie in which you only appear under unspecified conditions.
Take a selfie of yourself dreaming in real time.
Put down your device and take a selfie which contains no reflection.
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.
John Biscello 