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Cinema

Posted on July 31, 2018 by John Biscello

In a starless sky, night hastens to remind us– Ghosts pass softly, fade.

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Blowtorch Song

Posted on July 31, 2018 by John Biscello

Sometimes I feel like a child who, recruited for catalytic growth, has been given a blowtorch to raze and plant the greenest seeds in a plot of earth, overlooking a bluff, where the silver-tongued sea meets immutable stone.  

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Fourteenth Night

Posted on July 29, 2018 by John Biscello

When the gospel bites at your bones your skeleton dances the charged, hidden keys, and if music be the flood of soul, play on, as if dawn’s banquet were a set course.  

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Burn Baby Burn

Posted on July 29, 2018 by John Biscello

Please, do not be afraid of your bardic voice, it only wants to burn through toxic dross and spiritual plaque, it burns, with the soul’s best interest at heart, and your responsibility as an alchemical user, is how to turn … Continue reading →

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Walk This Way, the Remix

Posted on July 29, 2018 by John Biscello

The heart’s reminder– When walking through the necessary gateway, the portal conscripted to your own fulfillment and radiant quest, it is not about reinventing the science and geometry of walking, but rather, taking steps, simply, boldly, one after the next, … Continue reading →

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Boy

Posted on July 28, 2018 by John Biscello

I am a young boy, fated to innocence, walking through the lavender mist of Time’s softly slipped dream, every grain of sand a stitch in the marvel of kingdom’s comely veil.

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Lotus Position

Posted on July 28, 2018 by John Biscello

I will no longer martyr the best parts of myself to other people’s crosses, nor indulge the residual bane of Shame’s heart-slaying voices in committing soul-treason, the season of green fire is upon me, and I will do what I … Continue reading →

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The Lovers, The Dreamers, and We

Posted on July 28, 2018 by John Biscello

Call me crazy but I am completely and madly and utterly in love with life, its manifold fingers on the pulse of the sun, its fleshy, ripening portents, and winged hushes, I have become the guy that sees rainbows wildly … Continue reading →

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Marvin Gaye’s Grace

Posted on July 28, 2018 by John Biscello

You say you want a revolution? We’ve got a moon, a blade of grass, and windblown petals. Bring your white flag, and let’s get it on.

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Walk the Line

Posted on July 27, 2018 by John Biscello

Falling in love is easy, it’s just like getting drunk. Loving, in balance and sobriety, is the true art and challenge.

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