Kimberly Vargas Agnese

Innocence


 

Her eyelashes sift 

rain shadow winds 

 flushing dust,

blushing

against sand burs and 

sticker weeds

’til innocence frosts her 

two pink lips

and she 

sucks

strawberry dew

in Eden 















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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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