Cobblestones bite through worn soles
Breath clouds rise from open hood
Wrench turns slow on frozen bolts
Nitro hiss cuts winter wood
Mechanic hums beneath the bridge
Camera clicks the frozen ridge
Engine purrs through Amsterdam fog
Nitrous sings in canal smog
Film grain drinks the yellow lamps
Fingers black from oil and steel
Exhaust curls like chalk maps
Iron lung begins to heal
Mechanic hums beneath the bridge
Camera clicks the frozen ridge
Engine purrs through Amsterdam fog
Nitrous sings in canal smog
Shutter snaps the torque and sway
Pistons breathe in rhythm deep
Fog rolls in to steal the day
Promises the bridge will keep
Mechanic hums beneath the bridge
Camera clicks the frozen ridge
Engine purrs through Amsterdam fog
Nitrous sings in canal smog
Gloves discarded on the stone
Knuckles white on torque wrench tight
Engine wakes with moan and groan
Swallows night and spits out light
Negative strips hang to dry
Mechanic wipes a greased thumb dry
Images develop slow
Nitro pulse begins to grow
Bus ticket folded in my coat
Next town waits on silver rails
Engine coughs a final note
Fog lifts off the canal veils
Mechanic hums beneath the bridge
Camera clicks the frozen ridge
Engine purrs through Amsterdam fog
Nitrous sings in canal smog
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