Wanda

Your face like a drone, somewhere far from ecstasy, tells me all I know, far many a time, the daily conspiracy, our life's on the line, your mouth a cruel loan, that a body pulls free, rests on your bones, on Sunday's drink wine, a white tablecloth seizef, love in this ugly clime, every death a footnote, flags dance in trees, float on ocean stones, our house besides the sea, at the bottom of the road, brings us some fantasy, our bodies list and groan, let us dare to free, angels coming home, alive for all eternity.

Verity

What dreams have we kept, they ask us the ghosts, sat on bar stools bereft, leave us alone thank you, our mouths do not coax, the sounds of grim news, we sail on the crest, if they call us dopes, still dancing no less, do what we say we'd do, faces strong as stone, we don't heed your views, stuff learned to test, carry tiny worms of hope, deep within our breasts, you won't make us rue, carry all we know, sunlit Streets Avenues, we hope you mean well, asking how we'll cope, does it really help, measuring our bones?

Ula

Who would dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, listening to the sea, I catch his eyes snake, they dance on thorns, as if my life's a fake, each day of uncertainty, I protest in my calls, absence is all he feels, who wants to take, a fear of being torn, so I watch and wait, if someone asks me, a penny for your thoughts, I'd say infinity, doubts fog my days, I wonder if I'm born, don't know what to say, he buys a cup of coffee, what else been's bought, this isn’t me, can't I walk tsll ?

Trinity

Pull on marigold gloves, take your time, are you still in love, think of those tunes, that mend broken lives, still sing inside you, all heaven is a cover, when you reach that time, it simmers in the blood, want me to hum it soon, make the clocks fly, together in this room, give to those who scrub, lead generous lives, nothing more to prove, act like unpursued, mysteries of scribes, hear the wind go boom, listen to what's above, stay there 'till you die, fly like a released dove, never be frightened.

Rosalie

What it's like to fly, within a screaming gale, no use trying to lie, escape is in my bones, you don't need bail, to find yourself alone, studying a time, when all measures fail, I look back all right, can we ever fully atone, do we always flail, before reason drags us home, flip a coin to the sky, think of setting sail, always leave this way, drink wine from a jerboam, scan desolate mail, throw stones at my ghosts, it's no worse than jail, forsaken all the while, when you hit the trail, you just have to try.

Queen

From my white garden seat, sounds come without end, take a while to release, secrets like lemon seed, blow ravaged on the bends, they recall whispered feelings, when lovers trick or treat, my perfume used to extend, to whiskey downed neat, living by a swollen creek, my prayers are all sent, a gun lies next to me, I'm no lolling cheat, what better cure than friends, who set you all at ease, bathed in wine or yeast, to my door is where they wend, to measure out my beans, no public retreats, let's this place offend, down fields of blue wheat, we reach for heaven.

Penelope

Tell me, tell me why, they treat me like dirt, lips dissolve their cries, who says to run clear, retrieve a stolen hurt, throw a veil of tears, against such hurful slights, candles scent the air, bells ring out the night, my life contains their fear, in yellow-robed nightshirts, they beg me stay here, walk like a woman of insight, through desolate squares, they search my eyes, will they ring my ears, jeer at my furs, ask what's beyond the stars, I'll make them care, they love orators here, in dark and green lairs, I'm ready to reveal.