Monday, 16 October 2023

Our Cargo Party: Lucy

Our Cargo Party: Lucy: The diagnosis half true, you sense the time, on a tree-lined avenue, act like you know, tears that bind, are shed on your bones, hope ...

Our Cargo Party: Katlyn

Our Cargo Party: Katlyn: Why stay the same, stuck among the trees, each time we separate, remember the wine, we drank in the heat, sat shaking out the limes, n...

Sunday, 15 October 2023

Jackie

It's been a while, so there you go, waited on you like a child, when donkeys start to bray, or the cock crows, you always fade away, no need to find, what you never owned, could search for miles, stars might show the way, frozen in your clothes, for all you've gained, say you don't mind, it's just another show, freshens up the time, will you stay a while, wrapped up in the snow, have you got the style, sit by a fire, don’t worry or scold, try to stay kind, why don't you know ?

Saturday, 14 October 2023

Ivy

You like sugared tea, my tears are lachrymose, your jokes not for me, once it might have been, suppose you atone, wind turns in the chimneys, lets replace uncertainty, ride out the blow, Oh we'll have to see, nail your wandering feet, the moon makes to roam, lights pathways you leave, who needs the sea tides are very close, more faithful than your being, should I bother to stitch, the hung up clothes , now I've ceased believing, kids are still at home, I'll fix a drink alone, change into bright clothes, make some calls by phone.

Friday, 13 October 2023

Helen

Your kisses leave me, crying on the train, bad tongues raised in family, your shocked views, run dread across my face, more jelly for the blues, who knows what to believe, but a growing grain, brings blessed relief, who'll protects this crew, from the orphanage gates, do they hear the truth, a swollen relief, a stillborn fate, a tiny star across the sea, you can't see how cruel, life can be, before sunrise looms, your tears won't reach, me going away, guilt riddles my dreams, hope for better days.

Thursday, 12 October 2023

Gabby

Don't say get a grip, when someone fails below, let another moment slip, I need strength to pray, sooth my chromes, my quest to keep awake, stowaways have surly lips, betrayed by wretched homes, others simply quip, tired jokes and life dismayed, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, they make my eyes dip, consumption in their bones, pays to take another nip, who knows how I'll sleep, try to act grown, ask faith take a leap, wonder who'll end this trip, will the wind moan, nail me to a coffin ship, hunger in our soul.

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

Felicia

Is this the place, to ask the reason why, love's gone lame, hazed by loss and flow, I beat out my time, have nowhere else to go, soaked by gin and fame, desolate in my cry, I'd do it all again, what I need to know, you don't beseech the sky, ask for a one-time show, will youjump the rail, scale a mountainside, to see me happy again, my lips no longer glow, surrounded by your lies, leave me in a furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts deep inside, spin me on my grave, eyes open wide.