rubber ducks were in the river oh it was a game

it was a game youth I walked across the bridge
above the canal to burlap fields we ran to sun
static the radiation the gravity aged us it agitated
us swish-swish in the darkroom and developed
into smudges a shake of camera to the window
to blur what we were

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James Croal Jackson is the author of The Frayed Edge of Memory (Writing Knights Press, 2017). His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in FLAPPERHOUSE, Yes Poetry, The Indianapolis Review, and elsewhere. He edits The Mantle. Find him in Columbus, Ohio or at jimjakk.com.