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    the abyss is staring back
    the abyss is staring back
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    the abyss is staring back

    By nat raum

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    "in their exemplary confessional style, nat raum consults the void in the abyss is staring back. this collection is an invitation into raum's personal gravity-a space exploring monotony, queerness, and disability with a stream-of-consciousness type spirit. however, raum is also just as gifted with precision. the result: words that are a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQuerencia Press, LLC
    Release dateFeb 10, 2023
    ISBN9798330264698
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      Book preview

      the abyss is staring back - nat raum

      the abyss is staring back

      a hybrid poetry collection

      nat raum

      QUERENCIA PRESS

      © Copyright 2023

      nat raum

      All Rights Reserved

      No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.

      No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with the written permission of the author.

      Any person who commits any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      ISBN 978 1 959118 24 4

      www.querenciapress.com

      First Published in 2023

      Querencia Press, LLC

      Chicago IL

      Printed & Bound in the United States of America

      also by nat raum

      self portrait as several clusters of stars

      the fine line

      specter dust

      you stupid slut

      preparatory school for the end of the world

      contents

      stasis (i)

      i have a lot of questions

      episodic memory

      personal evolution as alchemy

      a haibun of indifference to my body

      rot around the edges

      daisy

      assigned cybernetic at birth

      who has a gps map of hell i can borrow?

      free & for sale (iso wholeness)

      failed self portrait as link from the legend of zelda: breath of the wild

      you are missing from me

      my personal sunk cost fallacy

      wholesome crying

      voidspeak (skinned)

      i hate so much about the things that you choose to be

      in which i kind of want to live in schitt’s creek

      clamshell

      flux

      in which i write myself backwards

      are you afraid of the intimacy?

      in which i download hinge for the first time

      free & for sale (selling shame)

      please don’t super like me; i don’t want that kind of pressure

      soliloquy

      thank you for never texting me again

      hinge profile rejects

      my personal etymology

      and i'm honestly feeling so attacked right now

      chicken

      hindsight is 20/20 and also 2020

      the fine line between self-loving and self-loathing

      voidspeak (sheltered)

      this user is thinking about death

      stasis (ii)

      you may find yourself

      my personal trauma watershed

      searching

      in which dread pools and begins to percolate

      eroding

      the root of traction is to drag

      we have been trying to reach you about your body’s extended warranty

      in which i perforate

      save changes to untitled?

      free & for sale (yard sard)

      consequences

      self-assessment essay rejects

      a thicket of weeds

      the duality of void

      scorpius

      hot sugar crush

      i heart my fat ass

      self portrait as a food blogger

      acknowledgements

      stasis (i)

      i have a lot of questions

      what do you do when the abyss stares back? what do you do when you no longer have a joker origin

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