Sunday, 6 November 2022

Charley

Sing songs in my car, hot water in my tank, nothing leaves a scar, blown about by forays, a ticking from the crank, get ready for the play, you smile within the dark, make my mind go blank, scatter ashes on the bar, what is there to say, I am not a bank, clinging to a brighter day, Oh, you are a dog, no dollars left to thwack, roll me like a log, we never know how far, love lies down the track, to see what's going on, greatful in our thanks.

Saturday, 5 November 2022

Bryan

Sometimes I ask why, can we ever atone, your eyes on fire, is it just a shame, that lights our bitter home, turns over each new day, same with our nights, the wind runs cold, aching for that other time, kids and dogs bear our name, we can’t get stoned, just try to stay sane, when you hear me cry, please put down the phone, it's not enough to sigh, I’ll buy some shiny nails, help out with the loans, a house is not a jail, to bruise our yellow bones

Friday, 4 November 2022

Arabella

Please don't identify, one lonely drunken fool, hopeless between me and sky, ask me to suffer, your lies like broken sewers, stuff you offer, angel on a wedding night, where no one is uncouth something you got right, now I must consider, all your bad dreams too, act like you’re a winner, bring sweetness into light, make jokes for the few, buttered dreams candlelight, to keep with my promise, instead of this Cruise, I’ll just step off it, so tired of your music.

Thursday, 3 November 2022

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.

Wednesday, 2 November 2022

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.

Tuesday, 1 November 2022

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.

Monday, 31 October 2022

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.