{"id":23980,"date":"2012-10-31T20:14:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/a-different-kind-of-offering-bathing-with-gaiman\/"},"modified":"2012-10-31T20:14:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T20:14:20","slug":"a-different-kind-of-offering-bathing-with-gaiman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/10\/31\/a-different-kind-of-offering-bathing-with-gaiman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Kind of Offering: Bathing with Gaiman by Zenobia Frost"},"content":{"rendered":"

bathbookneil<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Bathing with Gaiman:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before reading in the bath,
I ease the book\u2019s
jacket off. I<\/p>\n

test
the steaming water with one toe
and shuffle off my own dust cover
to step
and slide
in and under,<\/p>\n

holding the book above my head
like an umbrella. Then, spread
with my arms leaning on my legs,
I read, turning the pages<\/p>\n

with the tip
of my tongue.<\/p>\n

Later, while I scrub
idly
or shave my legs
with my right hand,<\/p>\n

I realise I\u2019ve gone
cover to cover (or nearly).<\/p>\n

The fingers of my left arm sulk
and strain, and I must
balance the book on my head
to flex the lameness out (and again<\/p>\n

till feeling returns).
Then I swap hands and finish
my story and scrubbing,<\/p>\n

to step out clean and complete,
steeped in someone else\u2019s
glistening words.<\/p>\n

Zenobia Frost<\/strong>\u00a0writes poetry in cemeteries, articles at a desk in a backyard rainforest, and to-do lists on receipts, bits of paper, the back of her hand, and flatmates\u2019 spare bits of skin. She writes, edits, and types for a living, and occasionally orchestrates cabaret events that are really an excuse to drink tea. Her work has appeared in\u00a0Stylus<\/em>,\u00a0Mascara<\/em>,\u00a0Small Packages<\/em>,\u00a0Burdock<\/em>\u00a0(USA),\u00a0Rave Magazine<\/em>,\u00a0Famous Reporter<\/em>, and\u00a0Voiceworks<\/em>, and she has performed at the Queensland Poetry Festival, Tasmianian Poetry Festival, and around Australia with the Queensland Touring Poets Program. Her debut collection,\u00a0The Voyage<\/em>, was published by SweetWater Press in 2009.<\/p>\n

Zenobia\u2019s poem,\u00a0Bathing with Gaiman<\/strong>\u00a0is one of the sixteen poems featured on\u00a0A Million Bright Things<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don’t normally reblog poetry, but\u00a0damn<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

bathbookneil: Bathing with Gaiman: Before reading in the bath,I ease the book\u2019sjacket off. I testthe steaming water with one toeand shuffle off my own dust coverto stepand slidein and under, holding the book above my headlike an umbrella. Then, spreadwith my arms leaning on my legs,I read, turning the pages with the tipof my tongue. … <\/p>\n

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