Brandon Thomas DiSabatino

“the arrival of spring in the shape of a warrant.”

thumbing a blue

pocketknife bought

at a waukegan strip mall –

rain-buttered gee-gaws,

mailboxes beat w/ a

baseball bat – the

hopscotch crosses are

seeded w/ foxglove

/n come-ons written

in lipstick. i summon

as witness

for the defense:

tow-motor tongs nested

in pigweed, thistle –

bicycle bells

buried nipple-up –

these soil-cracks

hare-lipped by corkscrew

rushes, crowbar branches

leafing through

rented cars.

this morning, hungover,

the air hammers w/

pistons. wasps stalk

the split, wooden

window

like a diving board.

Brandon Thomas DiSabatino is a poet/playwright born in Canton, Ohio. His first play, "Down Among the Vultures," premiered at the 2015 Fringe Festival in Cincinnati, with preview performances in New York City. In 2016, he collaborated with fellow poet Mie Hansson for the immersive theatrical experience, "In White Castle Pain Thrives," in Brooklyn. His second play, "Sand in a Memphis Glass/or, the Grace of a Good Woman," debuted at the Hudson Guild Theatre in 2018, where it was nominated in the Best Play and Best Actress categories of the NY WinterFest, with a subsequent Off-Off Broadway run at the Tank Theatre. DiSabatino was also an interview subject and contributor for The Civilians' original production of "The Undertaking," which debuted in Brooklyn, with later performances in London and Paris... Full Profile