Coil hums beneath my boots
Mist swallows concrete ribs
Counter clicks a steady pulse
Bridge groans where river lived
Frequency drifts through rusted steel
Voice carries past the perimeter
Static blooms where signals heal
Night surrenders to the interference
Shutter snaps the fogged silhouette
Film burns through contaminated light
Backpack holds a half-eaten meal
Horizon bleeds in monochrome white
Frequency drifts through rusted steel
Voice carries past the perimeter
Static blooms where signals heal
Night surrenders to the interference
Logbook entry four-zero-three
No contact since the winter thaw
Antenna leans like dead man's tree
Sky stays gray without a flaw
Dial spins through dead channels slow
Finger hovers on transmit key
Something breathing in the noise
Something waiting after me
Viewfinder frames the warning sign
Letters peeled by acid rain
Boot prints stop at water's edge
No boot prints coming back again
Frequency drifts through rusted steel
Voice carries past the perimeter
Static blooms where signals heal
Night surrenders to the interference
Battery dies in freezing grip
Last frame shows the center span
Voice fades into Geiger clicks
Bridge swallows what began
Frequency drifts through rusted steel
Voice carries past the perimeter
Static blooms where signals heal
Night surrenders to the interference
Frequency drifts through rusted steel
Voice carries past the perimeter
Needle drops to zero line
Silence tastes like copper wire