Grease stains map the griddle's face
Eggs crack sharp on seasoned steel
Regulars claim their usual place
Time folds soft beneath your heel
Map curls slow behind the depot wall
Paper skin turns amber brittle dry
Routes fade out where trains don't call
Years eat color from the borough sky
Eighty-two lines rust in quiet grace
Red and blue bleed into brown
You trace the stops with fingertips' trace
Ghost stations sleep beneath the town
Bacon pops in rhythmic code
Hash browns crisp in cast iron pan
Stories swap on vinyl stools
Night unwinds its working plan
Map curls slow behind the depot wall
Paper skin turns amber brittle dry
Routes fade out where trains don't call
Years eat color from the borough sky
Eighty-two lines rust in quiet grace
Red and blue bleed into brown
You trace the stops with fingertips' trace
Ghost stations sleep beneath the town
Rain taps rhythm on the glass
Headlights sweep the parking lot
Moments pool in coffee hue
Warmth remains when daylight's not
Peel the paint find layers deep
Seventy-nine then eighty-three
Cities breathe while infrastructures sleep
You're the witness wild and free
Eighty-two lines rust in quiet grace
Red and blue bleed into brown
You trace the stops with fingertips' trace
Ghost stations sleep beneath the town
Dawn cracks pale across the grill
Shift ends clean the towel gets tossed
Map keeps fading standing still
You've counted every quiet cost
Eighty-two lines rust in quiet grace
Red and blue bleed into brown
You trace the stops with fingertips' trace
Ghost stations sleep beneath the town
Coffee cools in ceramic crown
Map turns dust you walk it down