Meter running on a dead-end street
Snow swallows up the fare receipt
Keys strike soft on frozen paper skin
Dusk settles where the day begins
Carbon snow on carbon keys
Orchard breathes a frozen breeze
Typewriter traces night's design
Ribbon ink and pine combine
Branches hold the weight of unsent words
Letters fall like unheard birds
Carriage returns on icy track
No passenger to bring me back
Carbon snow on carbon keys
Orchard breathes a frozen breeze
Typewriter traces night's design
Ribbon ink and pine combine
Cab smells of leather smoke and time
Meter ticks a steady rhyme
Fare collected engine idles low
Orchard shadows stretch and grow
Carbon snow on carbon keys
Orchard breathes a frozen breeze
Typewriter traces night's design
Ribbon ink and pine combine
Platen rolls the margin wide
Snow erases every side
Shift key lifts the capital
Dusk writes off the festival
Ribbon frays at midnight hour
Ghosts of fares lose all their power
Paper tears but ink remains
Orchard drinks the typewriter's veins
Last fare paid in frosted coin
Typewriter stands alone
Engine cuts the night is clear
Carbon snow falls far and near
Carbon snow on carbon keys
Orchard breathes a frozen breeze
Typewriter traces night's design
Ribbon ink and pine combine
Carbon snow on carbon keys
Orchard breathes a frozen breeze
Keys sleep now on frozen ground
Engine quiet no more sound
