Shutter clicks on cracked pavement
Bus fumes curl past midnight pumps
Frame the owl in sodium glare
Pale wings fold where shadow slumps
Neon hums above the island
Neon hums a broken lullaby
Owl blinks once at camera eye
We both know the morning's nigh
Neon feathers in the canopy light
Ghost wings glowing through the gasoline night
Click the shutter catch the rare sight
Neon feathers burn so bright
Talons grip the rusted gutter
Mouse scent rides the diesel breeze
Head turns slow a steady shutter
Hunter waits where roads release
Neon hums above the island
Neon hums a broken lullaby
Owl blinks once at camera eye
We both know the morning's nigh
Neon feathers in the canopy light
Ghost wings glowing through the gasoline night
Click the shutter catch the rare sight
Neon feathers burn so bright
Film advance lever sticks cold
Thirty six frames left to burn
Owl lifts off on silent hold
Wingspread writes what words cannot learn
Crossroads blink red yellow green
No map shows this midnight scene
One owl flies toward prairie clean
One kid rides where highways lean
Neon feathers in the canopy light
Ghost wings glowing through the gasoline night
Click the shutter catch the rare sight
Neon feathers burn so bright
Dawn cracks pale on pump glass clear
Last frame shows empty perch and wire
Negative holds what disappears
Neon feathers ghost and fire
Neon feathers in the canopy light
Ghost wings glowing through the gasoline night
Click the shutter catch the rare sight
Neon feathers burn so bright
Neon feathers burn so bright
Shutter clicks the bus pulls away
Neon feathers melt to gray