Dancing with the Lights Out
Dancing with the Lights Out was released in 1992 by Big Head Press. It went through three
small press runs and received good reviews, but it is now out of print.
A SAMPLE POEM
Highway Blues
I almost died
yesterday
on the highway;
for
the millionth time
someone pulled
out
(fucking idiot)
in front of me
while
I was
going
65 or so
and stopped
looking like some
completely
helpless
sheep and
burst into tears
as I bore down
on her knowing
she would die
and I would die
momentarily
and I thought for
a L O N G second
about not applying
the brakes and
putting us both
out
of our misery
but then my
instinct for survival
kicked into gear
and I slammed
on the brakes and
did a beautiful
360 and the
look of ultimate
terror and eternal
gratitude on her
face was better
than a Warhol
painting
or a David Lynch
film
and I drove away
missing some tread
and in need of a
bathroom.
1995-2004 Scott C. Holstad
This poem originally appeared in Flipside.
