James Croal Jackson

Outside a Ralphs in San Diego

 At the shore of supermarket
I wake under a white blanket
in my Ford’s backseat.
 
People pass, transient within
their own transactions, conquering
mundane daily fortresses.
 
I exist outside a system
of bees, exiled from Los Angeles.
 
Sunshine seeking amber
sunshine– its sweet, temporary
glow, my being unknown.
 

James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet who works in film production. He has three chapbooks: Count Seeds With Me (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2022), Our Past Leaves (Kelsay Books, 2021), and The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights, 2017). He edits The Mantle Poetry from Pittsburgh, PA. (jamescroaljackson.com)