Friday, 6 January 2023

Isla

I'll stick with you, if I'm not too frayed, stop all this foo foo, don't make me groan, like a special case, in a yellow spring coat, I'll borrow you the moon, even Church and its slates, you'll beat these blues, we are never alone, pearl doves at the gate, I’ll make you a throne, tell me the truth, if you’re so great, why treat me like a ruin, want a cosy home, let’s you lie in state, you better get moving, love does not wait.

Thursday, 5 January 2023

Harmony

This cold white grate, won’t heat your bones, you’re always too late, give money to fools, you've got no phone, but smile like an angel, why try to engage, when you're that gone, all that's intestate, who needs more proof, when you sit and moan, the wind surrounds you, where are your best mates, blown on weather zones, who'll rescue your case, they catch you on Zoom, let everyone know, when you lock the room, cold as a stone.

Wednesday, 4 January 2023

Gabriella

Tell me, tell me why, they teat me like a seer, my lips dissolve their cries, who says to run clear, call for stolen rights, demand a veil of tears, i am a beautiful sight, candles raise their fears, bells ring for the night, joy is my sole conceit, ask the proud engineer, fresh from golden sleep, a woman of dreams, I walk these city streets, they scream desolate screams, will they ring my feet, slash or burn my ears, there's no need to entreat, they love orators here.

Tuesday, 3 January 2023

Frank

Look at me I seethe, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, why am I always late, as if you'd care, use me like a traipse, what might have been, it's not fair, when you’re so easy, nights I fall and sway, without a slur, I can take the strain, don't sing like the sea, dabcing eyes like flares, these fine evenings, like a fish to the bait, your eyes blur, why say I'm great, are you scared?

Monday, 2 January 2023

Ella

Wrong notes make no count, where else can you go, this session group has bounce, forget what's not fair, in the life of soul, they know I’m not square, give the eye and flounce, don't make them groan, show them how to dance, it's not my long hair, plaided like a tow rope, that makes them scared, I fight against the ounce, stood out here alone, they know why I’m fat, my songs make them care, want for them to own, those inside the circle, know they need to know.

Sunday, 1 January 2023

Delilah

Don't break holy orders, claim it’s all your mother, stuff you swore, no lover's free to cash, all the stuff I smother, window frames without a sash, you can see much more, belly raging like an oven, a flaming burning core, when money's not on tap, I rage against my brother, he says I talk crap, he’ll pay a heavy score, fools live without clutter, then run away fraught, no Trusts or deeds stashed, I can’t lie like others, ignore the daily car crash, why I cook with butter.

Chrissy

Lit up at some ocean bar, well within the hurricane zones, I search forgotten charts, only fools pay dues, leave you to drink alone, trade on someone’s virtue, you can only go so far, before the thing unfolds, start to chant C’mon, even without a feud, on throwaway 'phones, my ravaged face is Blue, his hair spiked like tar, saints reveal their bones, where is my lovely Da, a trail so well used, far away from home, pass me ‘round a tissue, find my lucky stone.