How You Know I’m Goofing Off and Not Around

By James Croal Jackson

Because I’ll be standing on a stack
of tasks, procrastinating
under the banana moon
grabbing the confetti tail
of sun in one hand, and in the other
petting the cat
of my dreams, the one still
with wings, purring
as it falls 
to sleep.

James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet working in film production. His latest chapbook is A God You Believed In (Pinhole Poetry, 2023). Recent poems are in The River, Mangrove Review, and Packingtown Review. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Nashville, Tennessee. (jamescroaljackson.com)