Angelique Zobitz
We manage limited resources against unlimited needs
so we cleave to one another
tight as wet clothes
plastered to damp bodies
we – open hydrants that lift
one another off our feet
choose belief in the enough
soothe,
press this kiss
into the soft cheek,
benediction in every breath
freedom to cry
into the heft of your chest
sorrow and sweat
you hold my quivering palm
in your steady hand
I lean into the precious
community as contact sport
draw water from communion
full and manifold among the vine,
care crafted in the creases
a body composed of globes
sweet skins plump
as summer grapes
flush from within
whole before pressed.
Angelique Zobitz’s credits include The Adirondack Review, Sugar House Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and many others. She is a Spring 2019 Black River Chapbook Finalist and a two-time 2019 Best of the Net Anthology nominee. She lives in West Lafayette, Indiana with her husband, daughter, and a wild rescue dog and can be found at www.angeliquezobitz.com and on Twitter and Instagram: @angeliquezobitz