Overtime
January, so–
renewal, no, just
soaking in the sunrise,
the year– not NEW
year, same shit
as last, endless weeks
of overtime, begging
the sun
please change
your sleep pattern,
stay up all night
for me!
- © James Croal Jackson 2021
James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet. He has two chapbooks, Our Past Leaves (Kelsay Books, forthcoming 2021) and The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights Press, 2017), with recent poems in White Wall Review, Subnivean, and Hello America. He edits The Mantle Poetry (themantlepoetry.com) from Pittsburgh, PA. (jamescroaljackson.com)
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