Tag: James Croal Jackson
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“PGH / Capitalism / Aimless 10.29.19” by James Croal Jackson
Don’t Die refractions on a shadow still the boom mic lingers overhead / birthday candle lit in the dough of Hofbrauhaus pretzel white / purse of gold in a Fogo de Chau group / illusions you with wealth / blue yellow balloons framing the window at Pitt dandelions beneath the barbed wire public / I’ll…
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Tree of Life by James Croal Jackson
candlelight vigil in the gunmetal streets sharp rain sinking into pittsburgh’s deep roots two blocks from your parents’ the synagogue where your mom taught preschool community congregation drowned & drowning the crowd’s gathering silence small fires between bodies we canceled the halloween party to gather at lilly’s for proximity how close to eternity we become…
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Greyhound by James Croal Jackson
Greyhound is what we call grapefruit juice club soda and vodka. Also the name of a wolf and inefficient bus. There is where you told