-9-

...A man approaches me on the street
wants to take me on a date
I ask if he's an axe murderer
he says "no"
so we stop at a café...

Tia Gow (2009)

-8-

... memories I'll never lose
A thousand things I'll never use
I should throw them all away
But not today ...

From "Rubber Bands and Bits of Strings" by Telly Savalas (1974)

-7-

... Dazzled eyes try to focus.
An urge to scream suppressed ...

From "Queenstown - Do That Again, Rob!" by Tia Gow (2007)

-6-

... I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning ...

From "Not waving but drowning" by Stevie Smith (1957)