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You wipe the counter down with rag stained brown
The coffee pot sings its steam crown
A trucker laughs at three a.m. sharp
You pour the black, you play your part
The grill keeps time with grease and heat
Your boots stay stuck to concrete seat
Iron feathers catch the bridge light
Rust eats wings through misty night
You watch it blink with yellow eyes
The river swallows borrowed skies
No flight left in that steel chest
Just dust and iron put to rest
The radio plays Hank or Jones
You flip the eggs, you scrape the bones
Outside the span holds mist like wool
The owl don't move, don't break no rule
Its feathers flake like old paint peel
A metal bird that forgot to heal
Iron feathers catch the bridge light
Rust eats wings through misty night
You watch it blink with yellow eyes
The river swallows borrowed skies
No flight left in that steel chest
Just dust and iron put to rest
You know the sound of metal giving way
Like hinges on the walk-in door by day
The talons fused to girder, bolt, and beam
A statue in a nightmare, so it seems
You scraped the griddle clean a thousand times
But rust don't care for rhythm or for rhymes
Iron feathers catch the bridge light
Rust eats wings through misty night
You watch it blink with yellow eyes
The river swallows borrowed skies
No flight left in that steel chest
Just dust and iron put to rest
The waitress brings you pie on chipped plate white
You eat it slow in morning light
The owl turns slow, one rusted screech
A sound that scrapes the bridge's reach
You smile, you nod, you pour the cream
Some things just rust inside the dream
Iron feathers catch the bridge light
Rust eats wings through misty night
You watch it blink with yellow eyes
The river swallows borrowed skies
No flight left in that steel chest
Just dust and iron put to rest
