One Poem
by Lemmy Ya’akova
rotten with potential
Kristin calls this city rotten with potential. when
I think of you, I think of this city, how it molded you.
melted into you & made you one. one day I’ll say,
I told you so! I told you, you could choose to be loving.
do you see now? do you see now, the love I have for you?
my overripened thing, a peach I checked, gently
squished & found, just right for jam.
Kristin calls this city rotten with potential. when
I think of you, I think of this city , how it molded you.
melted into you & made you one. one day I’ll say,
I told you so! I told you, you could choose to be loving.
do you see now? do you see now, the love I have for you?
my overrippened thing, a peach I checked, gently
squished & found, just right for jam.
rotten, this city
made you my overripened
thing—just right for jam.
Lemmy Ya'akova is an advocate for y2k low culture, an amateur pool player, a popcorn enthusiast and a cat parent to their son, Moose. Their work can be found in HAD (Hobart After Dark), Anti-Heroin Chic Magazine, SAND Journal and more. They're the author of the poetry collection Overflowing the Tub, Night Gallery Press, 2024. You can keep up with their life on Instagram: @olive.apologist