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Weathervane

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Umbrella opens at the touch of what’s to come– Bodies rain in sync.

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The Games We Play

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

We played hide and seek as if children on the edge– I found you, and wept.

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In Our Solitude

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Poor resignation, accruing beatific quiet for the meek.   (Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)    

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Pilgrimage

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Sometimes you’ve got to walk alone through the desert to know your true place among the company of stars.

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Neighborhood

Posted on May 31, 2019 by John Biscello

Footfalls echoing upon cold, comforting stone– the scent of warm bread.   (Artwork by Maurice Utrillo)

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The Sisters

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello

Bearing the burden of beauty and mysterious growth the sisters kept themselves aloft and separated from a world with mostly closed doors and severely cramped imagination.   (Artwork by Dorothea Tanning)

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Smoke

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello

Mortal ponderance– Where did the time go this time? Smoke favors silence.   (Photo by Josef Sudek)  

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Apple

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello

The apple doesn’t beg to be loved, it keeps still, appling to the utmost, as rain and sunlight seep into the gravity of its core.   (Photo by Josef Sudek)

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Once Removed

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello

Estranged, yet aloft, in a world her vision sculpts– Adulthood far off.   (Photo by Josef Sudek)    

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Typeface

Posted on May 30, 2019 by John Biscello

This machine kills the seeds of fascism by establishing ritualized patterns of beauty and delicate order, its lines level the playing field with utmost mercy and precision– Hurry Now, Act Quickly, and type your heart out, and we’ll throw in … Continue reading →

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