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You trace rust like dendrites on iron skin
Oxidation blooms where paint has not been
Quercus roots drink deep from the gravel bed
Mycelium threads stitch what the storm shed
Rain hammers the roof in four-four time
Bassline gallops through loose board seams
You speak Latin to the sleeping vine
Photosynthesis waits for morning beams
Rust and rhizome hold the line
Iron drinks the rain like wine
Boxcar breathes in chlorophyll
Root and rivet, standing still
You count bolts like nodes on a stem
Corrosion maps where moisture pools within
Pinus needles crown the loading door
Stomata open, drinking more and more
Lightning writes white on oxidized walls
Thunder shakes the gravel, low and deep
You whisper names as the water falls
Dormancy breaks its long winter sleep
Rust and rhizome hold the line
Iron drinks the rain like wine
Boxcar breathes in chlorophyll
Root and rivet, standing still
You press palm to cold corrugated side
Feel the pulse of xylem, amplified
Nitrogen fixed by bacteria unseen
Greening steel where orange rust has been
Rust and rhizome hold the line
Iron drinks the rain like wine
Boxcar breathes in chlorophyll
Root and rivet, standing still
Morning glories climb the ladder rungs
Ipomoea twines through hasp and hook
You name each species on your metal tongue
Flora claims what industry forsook
Rust and rhizome hold the line
Iron drinks the rain like wine
Boxcar breathes in chlorophyll
Root and rivet, standing still
Storm passes east, sky turns pale and clear
Droplets cling like dew on leaf and rail
You log the growth in your field-book, sincere
Life persists where humans thought it might fail
Rust and rhizome hold the line
Iron drinks the rain like wine
Boxcar breathes in chlorophyll
Root and rivet, standing still
Rust and rhizome, root and rivet
Standing still, standing still
Porch light steadies, freight car greens
You nod at the bloom on iron seams
