Nicole : Writing

Girl, You Don't Know Anything About Life.

Girl, You Don\'t Know Anything About Life.

A Poem by Nicole


Last year, I watched a brokenwhite body sink into a casket; she shared my father's blood. I watched ziplock bags filled with flesh and cells and th..
The Gallbladder

The Gallbladder

A Poem by Nicole


It's a routine procedure, he'll bedone in no time. Two bloodtransfusions later and we're circling his hospital bed like vultures wiping the ..
It's All Psychology

It\'s All Psychology

A Poem by Nicole


Doctor of what? It was important at the time. I watched you, and listened! I absorbed, I responded... and received my A’s. One restful ni..
Shut Up and Color.

Shut Up and Color.

A Story by Nicole


I was shaking in that bed, the springs spitting out tiny squeals as I shifted beneath the scratchy wool blanket. My mattress was waterproof. When I mo..
How California Resonates

How California Resonates

A Poem by Nicole


It’s like a sick feeling stuck in my gut I see the corner store at the intersection of Napa and Berryessa Bricks crashing around theedges of m..
Students

Students

A Poem by Nicole


Morning march to technical training school.
Tool

Tool

A Poem by Nicole


Perspective.
I'm Calling This Contradiction

I\'m Calling This Contradiction

A Poem by Nicole


I believe in lovewithout the forced smile that rides tight across the face like medical tape I believe in the babies that pop from limbs that wrap..