To take the plunge is, or can be,
an act of willful trespass,
courting the Fool as you merge
with his flagged archetype while
plunging down into a ravine,
your life tomorrowless in its abyss
and calling.
The plunge is synonymous with fall,
which midwifes you into the realm of the mythical
and sublime.
Except someone needs to record and interpret
you-falling as someone and something mythical,
a metaphysical second is required,
a phantom scribe—
the plunge as experienced by you,
and the other as recording the plunge
experienced by you as mythical passage.
Both things
and then some
are true.
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.
