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Scott C. Holstad Poet and Essayist

"Christ Went to the Wrong Planet" [From THE NAPALMED SOUL]

Issue/Publication: THE NAPALMED SOUL



there are no fucking miracles

aside from the fact that i’m

still alive and far too many

other people are too

why

in the world

people aren’t throwing

themselves off bridges in

droves i’ll never know

 

i’ve been shot at

my dog’s been shot

i’ve been homeless

i’ve knifed myself

            why wait for someone

            else to do it?

i’ve been cuffed

i’ve been in court

            3 times before the same

            judge in one fall alone

i

drive 160 on the freeway

in the hopes of a

fiery escape

my major

x-mas wish

and

like everyone else

i get shit

life on a razor’s edge

words that kill

and guns that don’t