Her body,
her body breaking in time,
a vivid stutter and scratch,
repeated in my mind’s amateur attempts
to braid or grasp
what amounts to sand in wind—
Life,
oh life,
a series of manic shutters
and twitches,
threaded to a sky’s sleepless passing
without custom or concern—
Her body,
tracked to memory
as fable and sorrow,
none of it lasting,
yet sublime nearness
when water meets its own level
in paired distances.
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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