Zadie

A worn-out empty feeling, hot kitchens bad aches, something's leaking, he brings me the news, with his doctor’s face, seems he knows the truth, but I long for the sea, nothing makes me fazed, more than a bad dream, looking for something new, I will fky away, unshackle those Delta Blues, show it on the street, how I'll work and save, more to me than belief, won't be left in perdue, falling like the rain, dance down broken avenues, nothing sends me keening, I'll be born again, laughter fills my being, prancing sunny days.

Yana

What it is to fly, within a screaming gale, no use trying to tie, down on my bones, I never look for fame, wonder at myself alone, studying a time, when everything fails, I search for style, it's hard to atone, when sometimes there's shame, contrition drags us home, flip a coin study sky, talk of finding sail, I always enjoy a cry, sip wine from broken cones, discard desolate mail, throw stones at our ghosts, nothing's worse than jail, time forsakes the while, catch us on the trail, how brightly we smile.

Xolani

I dream of his class, silken war torn, listening to him gasp, struggling without scorn, broken unsought, makes me feel reborn, removing the traps, dancing on thorns, he’s a modern-day iconoclast, what have I caught, riding this storm, useless dime a penny thoughts, you say it overlaps, now that he's gone, hiding under Burlap, at the church next door, I'll remove his form, love hits the floor, he broke his fast, I fed him corn, now I’m aghast, shaking unsure.

Wren

Out by the long lights, side by side in harmony, we are cool as anthracite, why take a train, or sail for the lee, when you can jump a plane, so far we're all right, who needs reason, we act like socialites, it's fun being away, we don't ever concretely, inquire about pain, a cruel silent night, doesn’t stand scrutiny, blue dawn can’t buy, our horizon’s frayed, diamond sun's all-seeing, it pierces the strain, we want to be free, we say from on high, below us the sea, don’t ask me why?

Valery

My eyes try to fix a place, where we just carry on, a price one has to pay, who cares for the cones, who rise like birds on Babylon, beyond western pay phones, when you see my face, the silver rings of ruin, all will all become plain, a time to stay alone, wolves howl at the moon, don't like being at home, maybe I'll take a train, find last winter's love, sail around Biscay, who knows where I’ll go, a sojourn of broken rungs, heavy as a stone, when you kindle flame, bleach hair and use a comb, who can ever really say, where we come from ?

Uma

That’s behind you now, it's over no more duels, a breeze makes you scowl, on golden sand you dream, all that hides in blue, scrubbed gently by the sea, it's easy to be thrown, what you've been through, why not get brown, home swells with yellow leaves, they carry all the news, just let me be, what you can't undo, or let your tongue refuse, is beginnings of a prelude, why not wax and seal, offer them your perfume, put them on the wheel, concoct some faithful tale, where everything is good, no one lets you down, no one makes you lose.

Tiffany

Who can resist, my diminished fame, whatever crumbles in the mist, hidden by dunes and scree, realms of useless probate, gather at my feet, beware of those you kiss, please don’t turn and say, I am being a realist, this quayside ticks with heat, sunshine cuts a million shapes, my faraway look all seeing, let everything go amiss, I say again, rage won't absolve us, everything we see, we'll see again, include our vaulting envy, uncertain misfits, play their games, dreams lost in wickedness, I beg for my name.