Traceylee

Since you've been away, I don't know what to do, but each night pray, break my maddened stone, say life will have to do, you still want me home, keep the time of day, does lying make it true, if facts gets in the way, somehow play the scone, laugh like fixed with glue, I am not a drone, the mall is one escape, whisky is not my ruin, you've eaten all the cake, confined within my zones, there’s little more to do, take the path and go, flee by creep of moon.

Sophia

You appear well gone, a picture up in lights, pasted to a faded wall, if love holds true, you know what I'm like, could only be with you, say you're still alone, no quarter to the flight, crack our yellow bones, are we just fools, a weight before our time, never really got the news, you rage down a ‘phone, roll all your fancy dice, suddenly ring out a solo, forget the bad reviews, how dreams erase the light, age blows a stark truth, it rides black and bold, across early summer sky, what life will unfold, claim us before we die ?

Riley

When you see a fading star, does it make you weep, know you've come so far, with children and home, can't I just keep, the will to carry on, send my ship to Malabar, please just let me be, safe in warm hazy fog, not really what i want, need to be back on screen, all the stuff you don't, maybe someone from afar, comes back across the sea soothes my weeping scars, puts water in my font, prays I'll be released, tells me what's going on, one day find my peace.

Quinn

Rain paints a mean stroke, runs down the windpw pane, shocked again I'm broke, skies shade my empty reach, no funds left for holidays, brings it all back to me, used to feel all aglow, buttered love and intimacy, now all i need are loans, sing to that dismal cheat, escaped on lonely trains, he took what I believed, whistles blow and moan, how to find another way, try with him long gone, one shift on many stays, it hums down the Freeway, Karma will sus him again, shadows mark my bones, makes me cold as slate, it marks all my zones, but I will rise again.

Penelope

She screams am all you, no one really sits tight, who has most to lose, do all poets die intestate, however much they lie, spitting venom at the page, explosive eulogies cue, the owner's terrible plight, would one day she's famous. Raybans blind her rage, one manager start to cry, she should be in a cage, will anyone tell the truth, giving credit is not wise, she terrifies diner's too, prowls around the stage, screams sonnets to the night, even the best are afraid, says she's never duped deals all her cards right, this cafe' is her fruit, strips it from on high.

Olivia

I paint like an old champ, walk with weary gait, smell my Cologne it's damp, bring cognac to my table, serve dishes by measured plate, feed my tiny frame, am not someone you look upon, who sways like a knave, singing about what's done, i just turn a page, show at this pavement cafe, pretend am on the straight, men before me stamp, throw crumpled notes my way, treat me like a tramp, teach them how to create, rage in fury at empty spaces, art is a fantastic race, have no time for lonely pap, sob I've been betrayed, see me here not absent, risen above shame.

Naomi

Year baby passed away, couldn't shift the blues, sunk deeper day by day, hated to be alone, see anyone vagely new, on the street a gyro, you brought me angels, I didn't have a clue, how to deal with rage, saw to all the loans, pulled me from a stew, put jelly on my bones, before he lost the game, thought all I could do , sink agsainst creation, then started to moan, you got me through, every door was closed, now your soul mate, singing is what I do, singing for happy ways, praise and bless you.