Michelle NicolaouPenguin in snowMrs.McMorough had the TV on from8 a.m to 10 p.m every day. Grey flickering dots interrupted the morning cooking show that cooked beef stew…Nov 29, 2014Nov 29, 2014
Michelle NicolaouYellow I bare my teeth at the looking glass. Yellow with an orange crust. The toothbrush that leans on the side of a misted cup has a riotous… Nov 29, 2014Nov 29, 2014
Michelle NicolaouWorking class nightsongWe listen to your speech, your passionate spit lands on my forehead a forecast of cloudy weather with a chance of recession, though the…Oct 31, 2014Oct 31, 2014
Michelle NicolaouHawaendiYou would not take it, it just would not do. I had practiced all the way home. Mastered my tone and my pitch to undulate but not waver to…Oct 31, 2014Oct 31, 2014
Michelle NicolaouBased on true events in a bathtubScrubbing my skin pink in my oval tub lukewarm water brimmed in foam tinted by butter coloured light Soaking guilty scents that if I were…Oct 31, 2014Oct 31, 2014
Michelle NicolaouMigraine Blues My warped ceiling lulls me to sleep with patterns of nicotine stains and black tar that slip and glide through playful shadows and lights… Oct 31, 2014Oct 31, 2014