Film canister rattles loose
Shutter clicks on midnight blues
Cracked viewfinder frames the pumps
Moth wings die on buzzing tubes
Footsteps count on cracked concrete
Sailor boots kiss oil-stained sheet
Neon paints the puddles deep
Crossroads wears a crown of sleep
Anchor tattoo pulls the tide
Salt-cracked boots measure each stride
Logbook closed in weathered hand
Compass rose knows no dry land
Footsteps count on cracked concrete
Sailor boots kiss oil-stained sheet
Neon paints the puddles deep
Crossroads wears a crown of sleep
Credit receipt flutters white
Coffee steam climbs through the night
Pink reflection shakes and breaks
Bug zapper sings electric ache
Shutter snaps the space between
Where ocean meets the gasoline
Two silhouettes in borrowed light
Count the same steps home tonight
Bus ticket stubs like fallen leaves
Pocket change in woven sleeves
Viewfinder catches what remains
Sailor's wake in gasoline stains
Footsteps count on cracked concrete
Sailor boots kiss oil-stained sheet
Neon paints the puddles deep
Crossroads wears a crown of sleep
Tide charts folded in wool coat
Bus schedule crushed note by note
Both count down to morning gray
Where neon surrenders to the day
Footsteps count on cracked concrete
Sailor boots kiss oil-stained sheet
Neon paints the puddles deep
Crossroads wears a crown of sleep
Footsteps count on cracked concrete
Sailor boots kiss oil-stained sheet
Neon paints the puddles deep
Crossroads wears a crown of sleep
Shutter closes on the count
Dawn bleeds the neon out