You step off Greyhound wheels
Concrete bites worn heels
Camera hangs heavy neck
Shutter clicks catch the wreck
Neon buzz paints your cheek
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Vinyl sign flickers red
Hound lifts weary head
Low hum shakes the asphalt grain
You raise lens to catch the strain
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Midnight song only strays know
Paws tap rhythm on cracked white line
Your lens drinks the borrowed shine
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Room key brass cold in palm
Hallway smells of moth and calm
Curtain gap shows parking scene
Hound's chin rests on rusted green
Dumpster leans like tired bone
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Vinyl sign flickers red
Hound lifts weary head
Low hum shakes the asphalt grain
You raise lens to catch the strain
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Midnight song only strays know
Paws tap rhythm on cracked white line
Your lens drinks the borrowed shine
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Flash cube pops once then dies
Shadows stretch with surprised eyes
Hound don't start at sudden spark
Just keeps humming in the dark
Tail sweeps dust in lazy arc
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Midnight song only strays know
Paws tap rhythm on cracked white line
Your lens drinks the borrowed shine
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Dawn bleeds pink through wire fence
Hound's hum drops to low suspense
You pack film in ziplock bag
Bus leaves tires on dragging rag
Neon gutters one by one
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Midnight song only strays know
Paws tap rhythm on cracked white line
Your lens drinks the borrowed shine
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Contact sheets dry on motel rack
Hound's silhouette walks back
Frame thirty-seven holds the sound
Paws on concrete humming round
Negative strips the night you found
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Midnight song only strays know
Paws tap rhythm on cracked white line
Your lens drinks the borrowed shine
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Neon hound hums beneath the glow
Shutter clicks one last time
Hound hums in your mind