Taxus baccata watches brass curve slow
Polished tube maps smoke in indigo
Quercus rubra drinks the spilled wine glow
Chicago breathes where underground winds blow
Brass roots hold the night in metal grip
Juno pads swell where shadows dip
Linn
Drum snaps the dark to rhythm strip
Freedom rides the tunnel's iron lip
Salix alba traces saxophone cry
Bell curves inward where low notes lie
Fraxinus counts each syncopated sigh
Underground rivers witness time fly
Brass roots hold the night in metal grip
Juno pads swell where shadows dip
Linn
Drum snaps the dark to rhythm strip
Freedom rides the tunnel's iron lip
Pinus strobus measures cobalt hue
Valves click soft in subterranean blue
Betula reads the crowd's murmuring clue
South Side pulses through the brass and screw
Brass roots hold the night in metal grip
Juno pads swell where shadows dip
Linn
Drum snaps the dark to rhythm strip
Freedom rides the tunnel's iron lip
Ginkgo biloba charts the final set
Patina catches sweat and cigarette
Roots extend where brass and earth have met
Dawn fractures through the grill's silhouette
Brass roots hold the night in metal grip
Juno pads swell where shadows dip
Linn
Drum snaps the dark to rhythm strip
Freedom rides the tunnel's iron lip
Baritone breaks to falsetto slip
Wide sky waits beyond the iron lip
Brass roots deepen into morning light
Wide sky calls above the basement night