Zara

We share jokes and put, hopes on those who can, geese rise amongst the soot, no one wears a crown, to be ushered onto trams, or put others down, those of us fussed, are always on the lam, to see what's crossed, in our Ocean town, everything is panned, even those unsound, someone to trust, she walks with a mask, there's a hint of musk, everywhere she goes, laughs before the dust, never on her own, fallen leaves unplanned.

Yolanda

Oh go to France, you expect me to say, don’t ask for another chance, I won’t go mute, your life’s not famed, you're still a fool, in fact you're banned, once again nailed, take too much for granted, laugh if you want to, your lies are mere details, this path’s not for you, don’t look askance, when I start to rail, passion can pass, shame’s but a fugue, nothing more to claim, you won’t need tunes, the door's your name.

Xaviera

Can't get ‘round the news, now you’ve ditched the car, why no one tells the truth, you wave at the Metro, talk of making parts, leave me with the loans, I haven't got a clue, where your heaven's are, what I’m going to do, everything we call home, glistens on the tar, the children watch alone, I sing hopeless tunes, trapped within my heart, everything turns blue, you leave us here to moan, as if I was some tart, make jelly of our bones, truth’s a broken cart.

Wayne

Since you've been away, there’s nothing left to do, but each night pray, laugh on my fishing boat, see your face in whirlpools, act like a drone, spooked each new day, surrounded by the blue, you said no way, will give me a loan, even if no need to, help me with the show, the sea is turning grey, you ’ll always be you, help me to stay, don’t want to be alone, you were never cruel, ask the lobster cones, love will find me soon.

U

Clouds unfurl across the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you die, who cares what’s fake, the other stuff around you, burns forever in the grate, something deep inside, not just an ordinary buroo, makes me want to fly, these barriers I raise, not to look a fool, always make me hesitate, however much you sigh, and I act like a goon, my spirit’s always high, only when you castigate, something about this room, that you smile and say, you knew.

Tommy

Like a tramp ship at sea, I swear to the night, you won’t hear from me, you are a buzz saw, spinning great lies, hanging off my cabin door, your lost fidelity, between moon and sky, shines like a painting, from the earth's poor, my terrible why, rises from the ocean floor, you’ll see me in weeds, my lips blue tight, then you’ll be free, Here on the shore, I’ll do what's right, there’ll be no furore, look into my eyes.

Rita

Can anyone seriously, believe this creature in a jar, rescued from the sea, like something in a frame, has a different mark, something you can't name, one that looks and seems, when distant bells afar, call up childhood dreams, maybe a different age, keeps you like a postcard makes it all feel strange, nothing fills your need, within this milky fog, even when you kick, dancing in the waves, unhearing crass remarks, stuff that's almost wreckage, all the stuff you’re not.