Natalie Warther

Natalie Warther is a senior writer at 72andSunny and an M.F.A candidate at Bennington College. Her fiction and non fiction has appeared in Darling Magazine, Funicular, and Thrice Publishing, among other publications. Natalie lives in Los Angeles.

“Cactus,” “cutlet” and “pumpkin”

I wait for a sign that you need me:

a wilting arm, dry soil,
but you give me nothing

so I trickle water into your mouth.

Just enough to tame my own thirst.

Natalie Warther

Natalie Warther is a senior writer at 72andSunny and an M.F.A candidate at Bennington College. Her fiction and non fiction has appeared in Darling Magazine, Funicular, and Thrice Publishing, among other publications. Natalie lives in Los Angeles.

“Cactus,” “cutlet” and “pumpkin”

I wait for a sign that you need me:

a wilting arm, dry soil,
but you give me nothing

so I trickle water into your mouth.

Just enough to tame my own thirst.

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