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 monotone 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, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; 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 plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
