Black ribbon feeds through steel teeth slow
Carbon paper leaves its ghost below
Each letter strikes the page with weight
Iron arms punch out their fate
Moss creeps up the factory wall
Ink bleeds where the plaster falls
Keys remember what hands forgot
Typebars strike where light comes not
Ribbon and rust in quiet duet
Typewriter sings where smokestacks set
Moss types back in green script slow
Stories only ruins know
Green fingers curl on rusted gear
Moss drinks oil like cold beer
Spores settle on the carriage return
Nature writes what machines burn
Vines climb up the factory wall
Ink bleeds where the plaster falls
Keys remember what hands forgot
Typebars strike where light comes not
Ribbon and rust in quiet duet
Typewriter sings where smokestacks set
Moss types back in green script slow
Stories only ruins know
Shift bell rings at three a.m.
Ribbon snaps, the carriage jams
Flapjack steam on diploma
History types diagrams
Carriage returns to starting line
Moss and metal intertwine
No delete key for what grows here
Only forward, year to year
Ribbon winds on wooden spool
Nature breaks the factory rule
Ribbon and rust in quiet duet
Typewriter sings where smokestacks set
Moss types back in green script slow
Stories only ruins know
Green types over black ink script
Factory breathes in verdant code
Mossy fingers never slip
Nature writes what time bestowed
Ribbon and rust in quiet duet
Typewriter sings where smokestacks set
Moss types back in green script slow
Stories only ruins know
Ribbon and rust remain
Ribbon and rust remain
Keys rest now on mossy bed
Ribbon and rust remain