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Share the winethe ibex
leaps from your mouth
to mine, fingers ruminating
on apricot nectar, honeyed
dates. 

The ibex eats, leaves
the first green of raw
almonds. So your mouth,
the kid sauntering the
hillside,

grazes on the fresh
loaf of my thigh.




Alicia Cole is a writer and artist in Huntsville, Alabama. She's an Irish-American, autistic, dyscalculic, 2E, MAD, bisexual, genderfluid, survivor woman (one), who is an alt-spiritual practitioner.  Her poetry has recently appeared in Reckoning, isacoustic*, and NILVX. She's a studio artist at InsideOut Studio at Lowe Mill, a studio for disabled adults, and she attends Merrimack Hall, a performing arts school for the disabled.  She lives with her husband, five animals, and some plants, and loves tea, coffee, and claw machines. Her favorite holiday is Halloween.
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