In the shadow-carved cinema of memory,
its mortuary and altars,
the gauzy feting of ghosts,
alluring you with the promise
of exits and second lives.
Follow our unbearably light drift,
they montone in surround-sound stereo,
we will provide you the necessary air
and amnesty for your overripened longing
and ache.
Leave your body behind.
Leave it to us.
We are the solutions to freight and conundrum.
Chorus:
the bluest breath of want
pools inside every human
as residual plague
and laughable throb.
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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