Our Cargo Party: Laura

Our Cargo Party: Laura: Please let me know, what people feel, deep in their bones, this smile's a strain, hangs on every tree, I put on every day, take your...

Laura

Please let me know, what people feel, deep in their bones, this smile's a strain, hangs on every tree, I put on every day, take your time right now, nights without mercy, will never make me glow, stand in the pouring rain, peer in mountain streams, who would want my fate, I've nothing to bestow, absolved by crazy schemes, my life's no picture show, hair is out of place, to live without a team, wake each mourning afraid, what I did was wrong, can see how I've been, i need to warm my toes, the river always gleams.

Kathy

I still hear me Da, laughing like a foghorn, all the money gone, happy not badly scarred, or left forlorn. I start the car, when he stamps the tar, like a newborn, he’s a fallen star, can't understand what's done looking war-torn, I switch off, he's not a clerk, not even sure, where’s his great heart, can’t find that chart, my son knows the score', it’s gone too far, a trip to his mother's, ripped shirts he’s worn, things fall apart, love has no form

Jane

It's quiet here now, after fifty years of seed, my face cast in stone, can still see the cave, where praise be, I hope to be laid, my body under snow, back to the country, where comes the big blow, gave me this place, to encourage serenity, he knew about feast days, geese with barren tones, flap the air above me, high on my shoulders, sing in their own way, late for the season, I'm just the same, in the blue dawn, wrapped so I'd freeze, in my hands a rose, the old loving need.

Irene

Don't say I’m too late, that love doesn't exist, tell me get your skates, the earth rotates, like it has a stitch, I’m not afraid, someone asks for change, who is paying benefits, it'd be a cheek to pay, mister go spin your plate, want to hear my business, stay in your door frame, working in this place, it's like a aunderette, spinning out my fate, a little smile migrates, to all the other misfits, who’ve nevet seen a wage, forgive my lack of grace, when you figure it, I'm always blasting out, something’s missing.

Hannah

Laugh at me I seethe, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, am I always off bloom, as if you'd care, use me like a broom, what might have been, it's not fair, who needs a life of ease, each night I play tunes, sing without a slur, I can feel those blues, don't dream of the sea, you're not that aware, stuck these fine evenings, like a fish to the bait, your eyes blur, why not say I'm great, you onced loved the moon, do you still dare, I'm looking at you, are you scared?

Gini

Who can resist, or seek to blame, the promise of a kiss, hidden by the scree, supplies of waste, gather at our feet, beware of those hit, don’t turn them aaway, who is being remiss, avenues tick with heat, sunshine falls in awkward shapes, love is all-seeing, let those who hiss, move over again, say rage will absolve us, for everything we see, we'll see again, including their envy, uncertain misfits, shoved tossed away, stand as our witness, love will remain.