Dahlia

You'd gamble everything, my sister says, anything for a tiny waist, around your bones, do you ever retain, the time we spent alone, but you shied away, chased lovers like the rain, snuffled at break of day, going out as you came in, couldn't see another way, smoking your Marlboro thins, maybe when you moaned, danced in sunlight sashayed, never needed to atone, can't you feel the rage, when us little ones groaned, not for us mother's praise, out there on our own.

Christiy

My lover asks, were you ever born, how come nothing lasts, don’t you have ghosts, dreams that you’ve scorned, won't leave you alone, I adjust my mask, stifle a yawn, I know my own past, whoever throws stones, at what they've spawned, stops them from growing, I like our chit chats, what is to be known, where you hang your hat, you are in my bones, nothing gets torn, everyone needs a home, coat stands in the hall.

Bethany

While you smile easy, know just what to say, I’m lost on the street, a high heeled slumber, stones, wreaths, holidays, it makes you consider, when a spirit’s released, without hope or shape, one day it will please, do I have your number, while you dance and shake, a life rolled in thunder, my insides screech, striped flagpole sway, you’re drunk in the breeze, a slurred whatever, that you’re a disgrace, to me you’re a wonder, I gather up your face.

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.

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?

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.

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.