She boards the midnight Greyhound west
Thumb prints smudge the Polaroid test
Hazard zone glows on cracked screen light
Extraction point burns through the night
Flash charges capacitor whines
Crosshairs bloom in violet lines
She frames the breach the kick the shout
Contact made the target's out
Contact sheet burns hot and clean Operator ghost unseen
Shutter catches death between
Extraction incomplete
Backpack heavy with exposed rolls
DMZ map on console scrolls
She tracks the squad through smoke and wire
Exfil chopper cuts the fire
Flash charges capacitor whines
Crosshairs bloom in violet lines
She frames the breach the kick the shout
Contact made the target's out
Contact sheet burns hot and clean Operator ghost unseen
Shutter catches death between
Extraction incomplete
Red light safe the trays rock slow
Silver halides bloom and grow
A Black Hawk down in grainy grey
The operator looks her way
No safe house no extraction zone
Just negatives she calls her own
The war rolls past on glowing screens
She develops what the mission means
Contact sheet burns hot and clean Operator ghost unseen
Shutter catches death between
Extraction incomplete
Dawn breaks on the terminal floor
Contact sheets stacked by the door
She walks out lens cap on tight
Next mission waits in morning light
Contact sheet burns hot and clean Operator ghost unseen
Shutter catches death between
Extraction incomplete
Contact sheet the final frame
Operator speaks her name
Last frame develops contact sheet
Operator walks the morning street
