Out the window
worlds come in,
flashing in doses and quarters
and nickels and slices
and geometrical swaths.
Out the window is wealthy in examples and suggestions.
When looking out the window, when sailing,
we become a pair of eyes multiplied by siege—
we see we see we see we see—
and something essential in us sinks joyously
into the mud and sky simultaneously.
Out the window is an invitation extended,
taking you wherever whenever,
the tracking of time aligned with vision.
It is distance made intimate.
Out the window is an instant painting always changing.
Out the window, I saw myself looking in.
Outside of me never existed.
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.
