In her body,
her body,
repeatable as scorch and given grail,
I come blindly into words,
so many words,
a stunning slate of Braille and seductive run-on—
my fingers, dodo in their impossible flights,
stutter and fail to reach the inmost music
of her body,
her body,
a scratch in time
and sunny gasp in a last sentence
recursively renewed—
Desire’s immediate proof
sealed in waxing syntax
and doable lengths
of our bodies,
our bodies,
seeding singed gospel
to a chorus of roots.
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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