Jaylee Marchese

Ripe

When it has all passed and I am fifty years older,

body cracked like a pomegranate in hungry hands,

the stain of me on everything,

I’ll peel back the skin of my life.

Say here it is,

pith and all.

Wasn’t it worth it?

Jaylee Marchese is an American writer from a tiny town in the deep south. Her work focuses on everything it means to be alive. She has work either forthcoming or published in Rattle, Creation Magazine, Persephone Literary Magazine, Moonbow Magazine, and Nixes Mate Review. She can be found at https://jayleemarchese.carrd.co/.

Jaylee Marchese

Ripe

When it has all passed and I am fifty years older,

body cracked like a pomegranate in hungry hands,

the stain of me on everything,

I’ll peel back the skin of my life.

Say here it is,

pith and all.

Wasn’t it worth it?

Jaylee Marchese is an American writer from a tiny town in the deep south. Her work focuses on everything it means to be alive. She has work either forthcoming or published in Rattle, Creation Magazine, Persephone Literary Magazine, Moonbow Magazine, and Nixes Mate Review. She can be found at https://jayleemarchese.carrd.co/.