Yellow cab waits on broken curb
Driver taps the steering wheel serve
Synth bleeps rise from underground nerve
Teen lifts camera, frames the real
Shutter snaps the steel curve heal
Negative strips hold the meal
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Lens absorbs the driver's stare
Arcade hums electric air
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Pizzicato plucks through damp glass
Felt piano murmurs low sweet pass
Modular chirps mark time to pass
Wooden blocks tap rhythmic treat
Focus pulls the bittersweet beat
Print develops slow and neat
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Lens absorbs the driver's stare
Arcade hums electric air
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Tokens clatter in plastic tray
Arpeggios spiral sharp bright gray
Driver checks his watch turns away
Teen adjusts aperture for light
Image burns in developing gray
Shutter clicks the coming day
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Lens absorbs the driver's stare
Arcade hums electric air
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Morning cuts through grate and wire
Footstep counter resets to zero fire
Camera bag feels light as fire
Arcade sleeps a silent hero wire
Print dries slow the image clear near
Quarter mile lingers right here
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile where footsteps led
Lens absorbed the driver's stare
Arcade hummed electric air
Quarter mile reads glowing red
Quarter mile lingers right here
Negative strips hold the scene
Quarter mile quarter mile
