Victoria

Did you take everything, gamble hollow cheek bones, demand they hear you sing, people around here say, you could have had a throne, innocence baled like hay, how different underlings, who called you to atone, dismissed as has beens, they beg you to play, hurt arias drink full on, need images only you make, the opera calendar rings, waves of laughter and moans, smells of lost timingss, you know it’s been coming, hail a cigarette to hold, accomplish lesser things, chase angels on roads.

Ully

When you waved ta ra, kissed me here and there, something died in my arms, what you said still sticks, love of peaches and stairs, beaches pebbles insects, a dog only pants so far, gazes at your jumbled worlds, chases bottles,tides,spars, you're a pin that pricks, squeezed red on my skirt, like seepage an oil slicks, forget your shiny cars, you're nothing but a thirst, besides my ocean roar, continue your phoney tricks, bet a dime keeps me here, maybe have your kicks, am not one you repair.

Tiffany

He tears at my heart, you're a fool he says, why be so tart, fly out of his web, he strokes my face, what the shrink said, he's the first to start, asks why am this way, says he's not carrying on, my security in shreds, he sits poised but waits, always distances himself, with his rattling parts, I finally get to state, you've got no bottle, it's not all in my head, emotion is his game, tries to get me to bed, Mister not today.

Stella

Will you go that far, I wonder periodically, to know who you are, what your secrets hold, Aretha singing sweet, who's left who's gone, wiser than a lucky star, a flash of your keys, says you love fast cars, beach houses by the foam, where you laugh and party, are you there to float, put Ray Bans on the bar, watch misty Ocean scenes, sun play on jetty spars, little talk of shadows, the life of make believe, someone else's window, wish you were at sea ?

Riley

Ride horses with red pleats, my lover shakes a head no; sways gently in the breeze, demands an answer at noon, asks why I'm so slow, my heart beat like a drum, like the air I breathe, the kids are at home, is all my past a turkey, I have to tell her soon, stop chewing on this bone, break free of her school, raise spirits to believe, gallop instead of roam, beyond some innocent me, want to dance in the sun, enjoy my sepia moments, give myself some room, even on my bones.

Quiana

She notes the distance, around public telephones, measures the instant, she won't dine or sing, waiting for a call, strapped by this age thing, her granny comforts, like the Book she holds, bind her to the present, what's better than anything, than a field blue smoked, around her barns and kin, her drink's a mint julep, clean linen sweet Cologne, give what heaven's sent, face a shining pink, solitary but not alone, arising out of nothing, this is her home.

Penelope

Try to suspend, your lifetime of gain, eking out a stipend, who will enjoy that gift, down sinful lanes, every time you whisper, beneath the sky's rend, all fires give way, more than any dividend, washed by the cliffs, sheltered by rain, you need a spirit lift, chained to their ends, let other mistake, all what love pretends, please just listen, each has their say, your eyes may glisten, get clearer today.