Distant Visions, Again and Again Quotes

“i often wonder at what point my thoughts cease to be my reality and simply merge with my dreams to become my fiction, my life.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“caffeine fixture
liquid buzz
kinda makes the
juices curl
inside and
out
like havin
a pair of
powdery legs
wrapped
tightly
around
your neck –
strong
and just
a little
wicked”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“when it’s time to break down and you’re lying in bed fighting off the urge to scream, when you’re lying there shivering, it’s not the memories that keep you going. instead it’s the dreams and the cats blaring evil and godlike into the blankness. at times like this, it’s best just to sit back and let what is be.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“we sweat through our doldrums somehow, sheer insane boredom. society can no longer focus – my poems keep drying up and blowing away.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“Several patio chairs, a small coffee table and behind them, a blue green pool, sun spotted water within listing side to side. Innocence can be found or lost here in the noonday sun.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“i am sometimes afraid of the loner in me and of what is inside you your need to merge become one to see the world through another pair of eyes I'm afraid i need to retain my identity”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“as i said her nostrils flared like a white lion, i blinked and she was gone. what one imagines. i dream moldy words. at times she yawned, as i said that, and her nostrils flared most beautifully.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again

“sometimes it’s the senseless feelings which overwhelm you, the despair and frustration which build to dangerous levels and the subsequent release, the cigarettes, alcohol, nameless fucks, nights spent in the drunk tank. the cats howling outside the window know this and they act accordingly.”
― Scott C. Holstad, Distant Visions, Again and Again