Let’s Hear It For The Band by Dan Holt

He was there 
every time we played
drinking draft beer
straight from the pitcher
hooting and hollering
after every song

There would be
this thud
and he’d be
face down
on the bar

One time 
some regulars
duct taped
his head and hands
right to the bar

He came to
just as a song
was ending
sat up
ripping the tape
and said
let’s here it 
for the band

The bartender
called last call
and he ordered
another pitcher
tearing the tape
off his wrists

Dan Holt is blues singer/songwriter/recording artist, poet and fiction author from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He has produced 11 albums of original music along with various singles and eps. Like most writers, his work has been published in various online and print journals. After many years away from the poetry scene, Dan has returned to writing poetry in 2021.