Spokes catch splinters on the top step
Mud-caked tires kiss the warped pine boards
Sweat drips salt on the cracked gray paint
Breath matches rhythm of the bayou tide
[Pre-
Meter stopped three parishes back
Fare box empty, engine cold
Night shift wisdom in my bones
Road don't care who's riding home
Tangled in the porch at dusk
Cypress shadows stretch their arms
Fireflies write in Morse code light
Two voices share the humid dark
Handlebars hooked on the screen door latch
Chain rings silent on the splintered rail
Gator slides leave V-wakes in the black
Magnolia petals fall like dropped change
[Pre-
Meter stopped three parishes back
Fare box empty, engine cold
Night shift wisdom in my bones
Road don't care who's riding home
Tangled in the porch at dusk
Cypress shadows stretch their arms
Fireflies write in Morse code light
Two voices share the humid dark
Shrimp nets dry on the sagging line
Crab traps rust in the brackish mud
Radio plays Cajun accordion
Gumbo steam rises from the iron pot
Rain falls equal on the levee crown
Short cuts cost double in the flood
Every passenger leaves a trace
Porch holds weight of a thousand rides
Tangled in the porch at dusk
Cypress shadows stretch their arms
Fireflies write in Morse code light
Two voices share the humid dark
Headlamp dies on the final mile
Kickstand sinks in the yielding earth
Taxi dream fades with the diesel scent
Bayou keeps what the road gives up
Tangled in the porch at dusk
Cypress shadows stretch their arms
Fireflies write in Morse code light
Two voices share the humid dark
Tangled in the porch at dusk
Bayou keeps what the road gives up
Harpsichord rain on cypress knees
Wooden flute hums through Spanish moss
