http://slow.writerscafe.org/NicoleSici The original writings of author Nicole Sici en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1779313317 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I have this reoccurring nightmare that I am the dust hanging in the lull of an uneasy conversation,the sightless, soundless thing that makes you afraid of going in the basement the creaking floorboard that shakes you awake when you hold each otherin the middle of the night.&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NicoleSici/2000727/ I don't sleep anymore. Sleep deprives me of the spots in my eyesthat turn into starssomewhere between the late-late night showand the coffeepot timer. I can trace them into constellationswith my broken fingernailsand find Adamreaching for God like I reached for you that nigh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NicoleSici/1970616/ My Lover holds me in the middle of the night like he knows there are ghosts hanging in my closetand he's waiting to hear the doorknob turn.But Lover, I have never been good at folding dirty laundry,or neatly hanging the past like a heretic So, I just wear it like a necklace&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NicoleSici/1970579/ The cafe on 36th and 3rd,boarded up like a haunted house It's been 12 years andI know you are holding somebody elselike a cross in the darktonight.but I still trace the cracks in the windowsand look for you. Like maybe, we are still 15eating french fries andNot knowing that we'd make .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NicoleSici/1970356/