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Bailey Sneed 

every glass of wine is a

each glass of wine is a 

collection of sincere decisions 

every vine holds its own 

small grief and still pushes 

A grape becomes wine 

by letting itself be changed 

there is no harvest without trust 

no wine without surrender 

and this too is care 

ripeness cannot be forced 

we can only arrive soft 

and be present enough to receive it

Bailey Sneed is a poet and maker based in California. Their work explores care, labor, and the slow miracles of the body and language. They are an MFA candidate in Writing at UC San Diego, where they teach poetry and study the relationships between voice, land, and transformation.
 

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