At the very bottom
of my bathtub,
there is a space for
the darkness.
It exists for
the dark days
when I cannot be any more
when I cannot pretend
when I cannot present
that forced smile
cover up
to satisfy another
man who expects it
in the darkness
in the scalding swamp,
that is my bathtub
I sink
down
deeper
into
the
darkness
into the only place
where I can be
the swamp monster
that I really am
Emily Rozitis is a Teacher and writer based in the Canadian prairies. This is her debut poetry publication.
Gale Rothstein lives and works in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Rothstein's work has been included in three consecutive biennial group exhibitions of assemblage sculpture entitled Eye of the Beholder at the Maryland Federation of Art's Circle Gallery (Annapolis, MD). Rothstein recently had a solo exhibition entitled She Dreams at FX Collaborative, a New York City architectural firm. She has received awards from the National Collage Society, Manhattan Arts, Artsy Shark, Fusion Art, and Light Space Time. Her work has been the subject of a feature article and on the cover of Broad Street Literary and Art Magazine. Rothstein's work has also been included in Feral Journal of Poetry and Art, Lumiere Review, and Artist Portfolio Magazine. In the 1980s and 1990s, when Rothstein was a jewelry designer, her work appeared in many fashion publications, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Women's Wear Daily, and several industry magazines.
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