Now that I am single
I can splay myself
in the center of the bed
a forgotten city
on an old, folded map
a luxury for my screaming
cat who believes herself
Atlantis resurfacing

James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet who works in film production. His latest chapbooks are A God You Believed In (Pinhole Poetry, 2023) and Count Seeds with Me (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2022). Recent poems are in Packingtown Review, JONAH Magazine, and ONE ART. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (jamescroaljackson.com)