Kimberly Vargas Agnese

Dear Granma Em,

PC: Gwen Meharg, drawneartogod.com

i want you to know i kept
your letters about
stork eggs ….when
you flew to
heaven … 

i know
where you left your bumblebee whistle
and honey nest kipfels.

i still visit our for girl’s only girl forts gingerbread castles in your cursive princess letters from yesterday’s mail

and I look forward to that Easter when your great granddaughters and I will dip stork egg songs  in sweet Sephardic tea and smile at you over angel cakes

til that Easter,

we hold you in the cursive of our hearts

as always,

your princess,

Kae

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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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