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Iron ribs beneath the snow
Typebars sleep in row on row
Quercus pressed in leaden bed
Winter writes what spring has read
Ink stays liquid, ink stays red
Frost on the keys, frost on the keys
Each strike a seed in frozen breeze
Carriage returns to frozen ground
Paper drinks the ink down deep
Frost on the keys, we do not sleep
Alley walls breathe limestone damp
Shift lever stuck in winter's cramp
Salix bends but holds its ground
Typewriter body, oak and sound
Ribbon stiff where ink is found
Frost on the keys, frost on the keys
Each strike a seed in frozen breeze
Carriage returns to frozen ground
Paper drinks the ink down deep
Frost on the keys, we do not sleep
Footsteps click on frozen stone
Letters wait in bone and bone
Fagus stands upright and pale
Ribbon turns from black to hail
Carriage holds its frozen tale
Frost on the keys, frost on the keys
Each strike a seed in frozen breeze
Carriage returns to frozen ground
Paper drinks the ink down deep
Frost on the keys, we do not sleep
Spring will crack the mortar seams
Keys will bloom in spring's first dreams
Picea sharp and bright and green
Typewriter sings through winter's screen
Thaw arrives on typing scene
Frost on the keys, frost on the keys
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