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.

Madison

Who hasn't thought at most, alone and distressed, worrying about the past, take a drink of wine, find at breakfast is best, with this burden of mine, others study just the cost, bring anger to their lists, always what it's not, men beseech me Online, act as though blessed, hate to be defined, generally divorced as boast, bearing pitiful crests, chase shadows in overcoats, I firmly hold the line, hate these dating tests, they're dreadfully confined, I stare at the coast, sometimes ask myself. who will make me toast, suddenly I laugh.

Lily

He has such giving ways, brings me Bollinger, on early summer's days, what can we do alone, without relinqhuishing, circumstance all our own, wine pours down my face, it’s like a Christening, he cuts his famous cake, are we here or gone, nothing much to sin bin, we dream of the unknown, choose to chase and chase, lives act out as witness, better if we just pray, we stumble down the road, rattle chains in empathy, teat our great resolve, these are the best ways, singing not scared witless, huge hours to celebrate, calm restless spirits.

Katherine

our house beyond the dunes, sea roses beneath the sky, all i ever loved was you, a life that's been great, an absence always denied, creakier than the gate, God is not immune, he sees the real inside, surely he's not duped, fire burns in the grate, don't tell me how you lied, your plans before too late, is it me or turpitude, that wrestles with the tide, can't you see the ruins, a voice makes me agaitate, stories hung out to dry, being here in this place, makes only birds fly.

Josie

Do you remember the sea, the salt and the spray, our sweet dance of Thebes, now the kids have gone, suddenly flown away, the memomory is our own, we walk on the beach, at the end of each day, all our loving streets, every part of our home, suddenly feels drained, to find we're alone, you still grab my sleeve, pull me close and say, let's take our release, on this wind blown coast, you squueze my face, I smell your Cologne, catch horizons like these, makes me want to pray, buy me ice cream, it will all be OK.

Isabella

By the garden door, of Saint Phillip Neri, she witnesses the poor, cross Catherine Street, fear in their eyes, torn linen unclean, the soul of lost hordes, someone asks why, they slouch as they walk, who need arranged pity, when greed leaps so high, dances at every party, all of them taught, at feasts in black ties, to deny stuffy thoughts, perish such catastrophe, there'll be no inquiry, please don't feel guilty, expand from our shores, our world view identity, laughs at the noughts, in portfolio lives.