Scott Holstad

Let Us

Satanists make the best
drinking buddies. They
debate life endlessly,
all the while sucking down
the beer or whiskey you’ve
bought them.

Really,
I want to be an angel.
I want to fly, man.

I think of poems and
candles, bottles of wine,
dank cellars, of promises,
and unfulfilled parts of
life. I want it all. They’re
content with the occasional
gothic dance party. Black
leather, mascara masking
haunted eyes, chains swinging
in the smoky mix, Doc
Martens and musky perfume.

Let us dream that dream and
live that life.

Let us know what it’s like to
be free.

Let us fly to the heavens and
beyond.

 

Scott C. Holstad has authored 60+ books & has appeared in the Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Caffeine, Pacific Review, Santa Clara Review, Long Shot, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Pearl, Southern Review, Palo Alto Review, Bouillabaisse, Kerouac Connection, Main Street Rag, Mad Swirl, PULP, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Beatnik Cowboy, Misfit & Bristol Noir. He’s moved about 40 times & now lives near Gettysburg PA.