post-utero instructions

After “Out utero” recorded by Manuel Guerrero and hosted by Cities and Memory

post-utero instructions
Photo by Roberto Nickson / Unsplash

by nat raum


slosh like stomach
           in turmoil

paddle to the edge
of yourself & dip   your fingers
           in the wreckage

wail at the cresting  sun &
           shut your eyes
           to the luminance

crack open &      love yourself


nat raum (b. 1996) is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster from Baltimore, MD. They’re the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press, as well as the author of you stupid slut, the abyss is staring back, random access memory, and several chapbooks. Find them online: natraum.com/links.