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Card catalog draws breath
Flour coats the brass handles
Dough rises in silence
No grill smoke tonight
Oven hum replaces fryer song
Yeast wakes where books belong
Heat blooms in paper lungs
Night shift finds its rungs
Midnight proof in archive air
Rising where the knowledge sleeps
Crumb and comma, flour and prayer
Baker keeps what baker keeps
Used to flip eggs at three
Regulars knew my timing
Now I knead history
Quiet rhythm, no complaining
Steam fogs the reading room glass
Time proofs the dough en masse
Crust forms on silent class
Night shift watches mass
Midnight proof in archive air
Rising where the knowledge sleeps
Crumb and comma, flour and prayer
Baker keeps what baker keeps
Ink stains trade for flour dust
Dewey Decimal gets crust
Sourdough starter, library trust
Feeding cultures, not the rush
Midnight proof in archive air
Rising where the knowledge sleeps
Crumb and comma, flour and prayer
Baker keeps what baker keeps
Pages yellow, dough turns gold
Stories baked, not merely told
Timer dings, the loaf unfolds
Warmth returns to hands grown cold
Midnight proof in archive air
Rising where the knowledge sleeps
Crumb and comma, flour and prayer
Baker keeps what baker keeps
Morning light hits dusty floor
Crusty loaves by catalog door
No more grease, just flour and more
Night baker rests, shift is o'er
Midnight proof in archive air
Rising where the knowledge sleeps
Crumb and comma, flour and prayer
Baker keeps what baker keeps
Midnight proof, the dark concedes
Warm bread rises, hunger feeds
Flour on the checkout stamp
Midnight proof, cold and damp
Oven cools, the day begins
Baker wipes his floury hands