She is on time-lapse film. Footage taken as the pelvis decides
it is an O around. Her black dress, drawn up,
is not quite unscripted. The control on her face is loosely acquainted
with each production of sound.
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is a recent graduate of the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College. She currently writes and edits marketing copy in New York City and has work forthcoming in Conduit.
We’ve published two more poems by Rothbart: “The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire” and “Gardenias and Kelp.”
