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Medicine

Posted on April 14, 2018 by John Biscello

No exam needed, she just wanted to be held– Medicine through touch.

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Intent

Posted on April 13, 2018 by John Biscello

Hold me, to dignity, to respiring intent, to nothing beyond this moment, arcing to bend.

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Sincerely Yours

Posted on April 13, 2018 by John Biscello

Breath, you are my true master, and I, your borrowed disciple, graced by the slow dignity of equal measures, allotted free of charge, if attention is paid, with sincerest regards.

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Third to First

Posted on April 12, 2018 by John Biscello

Third person, first, first person, last, it’s time he and I met for real.

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Secrets

Posted on April 12, 2018 by John Biscello

Keeping secrets from yourself is like talking behind someone’s front.

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Emily Dickinson

Posted on April 12, 2018 by John Biscello

At the severest hour, everything fell within. A banquet hall after the crash, after the deluge, and you, a mouse, courting lull, tracked pawprints in flour, stalking floorboards for crumbled manna. You, the mouse, with slow heaven firing your eyes, … Continue reading →