Christina

Give me dancing jewels, and let me smile through tears, I will waltz with fools, under cold white stars, golden gowns allay my fears, can't believe this farce, my dreams of other moons, citizens brought near, strip them down for news, I smile and start, remember ached for years, when nothing there was false, turn my head, shrug a look, don't want to hear, how I’ve been cruel, long gait and fuller parts, this perfume costs me dear, I’ll bear this old tiara, diamond sparkling clear.

Christine

Give me dancing jewels, and let me smile through tears, I will waltz with fools, under cold white stars, golden gowns allay my fears, can't believe this farce, my dreams of other moons, citizens brought near, strip them down for news, I smile and start, remember ached for years, when nothing there was false, turn my head, shrug a look, don't want to hear, how I’ve been cruel, long gait and fuller parts, this perfume costs me dear, I’ll bear this old tiara, diamond sparkling clear.

Beula

When did I start crying, was it going back to Ireland, or when my son asked why, Nana loved the horses, you who poured sand, over that turfed cours, on the ferry, kids playing, silver light across the strand, I lay at anchor becalmed, you the daddy retort, we’ve run aground, are we together any more, to say Ma was a slave, a house always crammed, a martyr to his venerable grace, all those holy orders, he asks if there’s a plan, in dust and troubled bother, but doesn’t give a damn.

Abi

What I should never do, stuff I swore, gallop down fields of blue, dance again to the moon, pray to broken laws, wave a witches broom, my partner swoons, asks what I’m saying this for, only fools live out of tune, runaway doomed, take holy orders, drain winter into June, rage at every heirloom, define a life by whores, she’ll leave me here to stew, a fool to give me room, say I’ll pay a heavy score, my almond eyes brand new, love is raw.

Zara

Can you love me, do you think you dare, the way I used to be, look at me, I breathe, is it my grey hair, that makes you dream, Paris on glossy evenings, would you care, Pastis and nights spent free, with someone's being, clink yellow glasses with her, still fresh at fifty three, blowing like steam, your eyes flared, would you let out a scream, all those might have beens, is that fair, for a life of ease you my blonde flaneur?

Yemi

The turn of stupid days, scour my great unease, a river quietly embraced, the streets and diners, bring a sense of need, solace if you find her, it’s not a real home anyway, down these yellow streets, think where else to gaze, debt is timeless, beneath cool leaves, blue drinks drunk by minors, Our Lady holds her sway, in these cold light seasons, love always stays, the law tends to blindness, the water still seeps, waves of the crimeless, my sister's broken cities

Yemi

The turn of stupid days, scour my great unease, a river quietly embraced, the streets and diners, bring a sense of need, solace if you find her, it’s not a real home anyway, down these yellow streets, think where else to gaze, debt is timeless, beneath cool leaves, blue drinks drunk by minors, Our Lady holds her sway, in these cold light seasons, love always stays, the law tends to blindness, the water still needs, waves of the crimeless, my sister broken cities.