Kimberly Vargas Agnese

32 ounces of Superman

you sell blender words in smoothies … rose petal reds mixed with shimmery ice diamond mirages … 

citrus over -night endearments sprout like trays of wheatgrass from your lips …

i sip shots with orange wedges and buy 32 ounces of Superman…

but your smoothie promises never fly…

because I was only a customer… only the next customer …

and when you’re done with me you tell me “go to the back of the line…”

 got to get out of here… find someplace where no one will see me bleed orange into a styrofoam cup

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Published by Kimberly Vargas Agnese

My name is Kimberly Vargas Agnese, though I've previously written as Kae Bucher. I was born in the Florida Keys, but grew up in the Bay Area before migrating south to the San Joaquin Valley. As I ride barefoot around Fresno, I consider the paths I've chosen and the crossroads where our country seems to have perched itself. Thanks to my Romani ancestry, many people groups reside within me and my poetry tends to reflect this. I love welcoming the sunrise with my Native American flute. I've been rumored to juggle while teaching students how to write. And if you can't find me, I'm probably hanging out with Jesus listening to parables.

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