Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Antonia
You ask if we’ll cope,
if you could only help,
to get back our home,
why make us suffer,
a sister of the pen,
no need for your buffers,
stay out of our zone,
you might mean well,
but we’re better alone,
don't bring in our mother,
for your next best seller,
you are not a duffer,
we’ll roll with the blow,
on bar stools and leather,
our skin might need soap,
with long gait and bend,
we won’t be tethered,
to you or your friends,
all royalties bereft.
Monday, 23 January 2023
Zac
What do you care,
pour salt on my laces,
tell me what to wear,
your tunes are not easy,
stamp on my cases,
spin me in the breeze,
say I need to share,
offer no kissing places,
why hold me here,
in chains to the sea,
betrayed by your gaze,
a soaked serendipity,
grant me what's fair,
howl to your greatness,
lips that snare,
down swollen streams,
what you throw away,
oh, so sugar-sweet,
but will you escape?
Sunday, 22 January 2023
Yara
Can you sometimes squeeze,
from each new day,
a wish to just breeze,
God takes us soon,
our faces washed grey,
we must dance in tune,
outside are sycamore trees,
their branches show the way,
even when freezing,
it's nothing new,
late winter’s here to please,
the wind goes boom,
forgets my frenzies,
this bed's like a creel,
I can smell the sea,
see sunlit avenues,
Paris, Beirut, the East,
this life is beautiful,
let us all speak.
Saturday, 21 January 2023
Xavi
I smell trouble,
but don't get frightened,
no one will bother,
before you know,
it’ll soon be time,
let go all you loathe,
silence is our secret club,
a source of pride,
hands that we scrub,
give thanks for your soul,
pay the big fine,
the river always flows,
remember to love,
it’s the gift of our lives,
it sings in our blood,
before the cock crows,
check to one side,
think of all you sold,
drink red wine.
Wyona
For each little bit of you,
should anyone enquire,
don’t give them a clue,
life isn't a trombone,
won't sound like a choir,
why should they 'phone,
your small cup of ruin,
glows brighter than fire,
it’ll get you in tune,
know who you know,
this poisoned desire,
weil leave you alone,
whoever seeks the truth,
asks when you hire,
tell them what’s new,
if someone moans,
while you perspire,
we'll have their bones,
down on the avenue,
sing on the wire,
you always pay your dues,
a straight flyer.
Thursday, 19 January 2023
Vanessa
Why live in a haze,
it's not easy this time,
patched up like cellophane,
best not to moan,
or warm holy wine,
life is only a loan,
don’t jump the trains,
watch out for the lines,
who wants to separate,
in your worn-out clothes,
enjoy what’s fine,
even on your bones,
make a step change,
scrape off the grime,
find love instead of trade,
when someone groans,
help them to try,
move out of that zone,
let your heart unwind.
Una
Look at the moon,
a spring tide today,
everything too soon,
the birds who have flown,
seeking away,
sing as they go,
my eyes are like pools,
wouldn't it be great,
to find somewhere new,
even a hurricane zone,
where no one deigns,
to oversee the loans,
someone not cruel,
but poised and sedate,
who forgets about dues,
where the wind blows,
clear as acetate,
all emptiness thrown,
into the flames.
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