Kat Outten
Kat Outten (they/them) is an artist and writer from England, UK. Their work explores their lived experiences of queerness, being fat, disability, and neurodivergence, and their working-class background through their artistic practice and the written word.
Instagram: @katouttahere
Radox and Recovery
Nostalgia is half a bottle of Radox
And the sound of The Smiths
I know it’s cliché
This joke isn’t funny anymore
The flamingo shower curtain won’t hide
The mold on these walls
The bubbles can’t conceal
This body of mine
Drinking orange lucozade at ten pm
But the fizz finds me flat
My bathwater spills
I’m sinking below the waterline
If this moldy bathroom is my world
What exists outside of this room I can’t comprehend
Just the smell of anti dandruff shampoo
And taste of fake orange juice
That’s the thing about recovery
They never tell you it’s this hard
People package it up
All the yoga and long baths
Can’t replace the packets of pills
And work
I haven’t brushed my teeth or hair today
But I’m having a bath so I must be okay
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