Iron wheels kiss oxidized track at dusk
Quercus rubra shadows stretch through rust
Steel ribs breathe like roots in compacted clay
Summer heat draws ferric bloom today
I am the car that seeks the vine
Through fire escape's iron spine
Rust blooms where oxygen meets steel
Each rotation makes the metal heal
Corroded flanges trace the zigzag climb
Where Hedera helix owns the time
Bolts loosen like seed pods in drought
My cargo holds what rain leached out
I am the car that seeks the vine
Through fire escape's iron spine
Rust blooms where oxygen meets steel
Each rotation makes the metal heal
Couplers grind like mandibles at work
No engineer to steer or shirk
Just gravity and phototropism's pull
My frame grows thick with mineral wool
I am the car that seeks the vine
Through fire escape's iron spine
Rust blooms where oxygen meets steel
Each rotation makes the metal heal
Pistacia lentiscus greets my side
Resin seals where paint has died
The dusk descends chlorophyll retreats
My patina sings in minor keys
I am the car that seeks the vine
Through fire escape's iron spine
Rust blooms where oxygen meets steel
Each rotation makes the metal heal
Iron root and leaf combine
Rust bloom rust bloom forever mine
Rust bloom rises through the night
Iron breathes in summer light
