Blue Agave
by Cynthia Belmont
Dr. Cynthia Belmont is Professor of English at Northland College, an environmental liberal arts school on the South Shore of Lake Superior, in Ashland, WI, where she teaches creative writing, literature, and feminist and queer theory. Her writing has appeared in diverse publications, including Poetry, Natural Bridge, Oyez Review, Terrain.org, and The Cream City Review.
lime fingers
salt on the soft
back of the thumb
sucked skin and velvet
heat from the good bottle
your hand on my arm
all this sharp
sweet as a wince