they are praying for me

they tell me

eyes watering

death

i

am not thankful

as i should be

the demons merely

pose as angels

and get in that way

i want to grind my

knife into my heart

but

i don’t have the

heart to do it

please

find me

(i’m invisible)

and kill me now

Scott C. Holstad has authored 60+ books & has appeared in the Minnesota Review, Exquisite Corpse, Pacific Review, Santa Clara Review, Long Shot, Wormwood Review, Chiron Review, Southern Review, Poetry Ireland Review, Gangan Verlag, Sivullinen, De Nar, Processed World, Kerouac Connection, Nihilistic Review, Premonitions, Isolation, Ink Sweat & Tears, Mad Swirl, Misfit, Clockwise Cat, The Beatnik Cowboy, PULP, WIREWORM, Blood Moon Rising, Synchronized Chaos, Bristol Noir & Horror Sleaze Trash. He’s moved 35+ times & now lives near Gettysburg, PA.