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You wipe the counter with a rag worn thin
The night shift drains the color from your skin
Cobblestones keep winter in their cracks
You stack the cups on wire metal racks
The fryer hums a low monotone drone
You move like roots through soil you've always known
Quercus alba sheds its final leaf
You pour the coffee, offer no relief
Dormant season in the diner light
You bloom in shadows through the longest night
Solanum sleeps beneath the frozen clay
You'll rise again when April melts the gray
The regulars don't ask why hands now shake
They know the paths that winter branches take
Betula papyrifera peels its bark
You fold the napkins in the freezing dark
Dormant season in the diner light
You bloom in shadows through the longest night
Solanum sleeps beneath the frozen clay
You'll rise again when April melts the gray
Root systems hold when nothing shows above
The cambium remembers how to love
No fertilizer, no greenhouse glass required
Just patience in the dark, slow and tired
The alley breathes with condensation clouds
You serve the truckers, lost and traveling crowds
Pinus strobus drops its needles down
You wipe a tear without a single sound
Morning breaks the frost on window glass
The night shift ends, the heavy hours pass
Acer rubrum waits for sap to run
You clock out walking toward the rising sun
Dormant season in the diner light
You bloom in shadows through the longest night
Solanum wakes beneath the warming clay
You rise again as April melts the gray
Dormant season ends, you bloom today
Roots hold fast beneath the cobblestones
Spring comes slow but spring comes on its own
