Rusted boxcar leans on iron spine
Amsterdam bridge hums a low line
Winter fog wraps brick and steel tight
Camera clicks at pale morning
Freight car listens to the bridge sing
Fog drinks the canal's dark ring
Steel throat hums while the shutter clicks
Winter breath on iron bricks
Locomotive coughs a black cloud
Whistle cuts the fog aloud
Film advances frame by frame
Bridge stones hold a secret name
Freight car listens to the bridge sing
Fog drinks the canal's dark ring
Steel throat hums while the shutter clicks
Winter breath on iron bricks
Her thumb rides wind on highway shoulder
Lens captures steel growing colder
Negative strips in coat pocket warm
Bridge song calms the freight car storm
Freight car listens to the bridge sing
Fog drinks the canal's dark ring
Steel throat hums while the shutter clicks
Winter breath on iron bricks
Dawn bleeds pale on gable roofs
Freight yard wakes with metal proofs
She boards the next northbound train
Bridge hum fades in winter rain
Last frame shows the bridge alone
Rust and fog on carrying stone
Camera sleeps in canvas bag
Freight car dreams of iron flag
Freight car listens to the bridge sing
Fog drinks the canal's dark ring
Steel throat hums while the shutter clicks
Winter breath on iron bricks
Runaway rides the morning train
Bridge song stays in frozen vein
Shutter clicks one final time
Fog lifts slow on canal line
Train fades north on rusted spine