Safe Basements

by James Croal Jackson

red morning
light drapes      the fog of

            stage left            everyone
left            up up down down left

right left right B A        START

                         1994      

white socks         blackened   

                            jungleworld 

the base                       the base

swamp playgrounds     woodchips
bruises                 kneescrapes 

black eye    blank       
avoid    contact  

years until a second player
amazing     to be unlimited

      one can falsely       attribute 

                        an escape
      helicopter

      or      i could’ve gone
                                   upstairs