Are you always this tense? my physical therapist asks with her fingers inside me. She says my muscles feel tight to the touch, like rubber bands. Learning to relax the floor of me after months of strain feels lewd and wrong—indolent, perilous—precarious, like the foundation will fall out beneath me, like nightmares of losing teeth. […]
Natalie Raab
Natalie Raab is a poet and fiction writer. Natalie's work has been featured in publications such as Dogwood Alchemy, Heartland Society of Women Writers, and The Broken Plate. She can be found on Instagram at @thenatalieraab.