You push the cart through broken ticket gates
Where speaker posts hold rusted metal plates
Tomato vines climb up the projector tower
Marigolds bloom in the concession power
Weeds retreat from the warmth you bring
Life returns on a cellular string
Second feature starts when the sun goes down
Greenhouse glow paints silver on the ground
You grow the light that the screen forgot
Every seed a frame in the final plot
No ticket stub for the show you sow
Just roots and shoots in the projector glow
Rain taps the windshield like a fare meter tick
You count the miles on a candle wick
Basil leaves unfurl where the cars once parked
Night jasmine scents the air that the exhaust marked
Fare box empty but the harvest is full
Night shift gardener plays by nature's rule
Old proverbs rise like steam from the soil
What you reap is worth the midnight toil
The screen catches dew like a silver sheet
Your hands know the harvest cold and sweet
Meter stops when the green breaks through
No fare collected just morning dew
Second feature starts when the sun goes down
Greenhouse glow paints silver on the ground
You grow the light that the screen forgot
Every seed a frame in the final plot
No ticket stub for the show you sow
Just roots and shoots in the projector glow
Meter drops when the first sprout breaks through
No passenger waits for a ride from you
Just roots drinking deep where the asphalt cracked
A quiet fare with no turn around back
The projector hums a lullaby tune
Beneath the bloom of a harvest moon
Dawn writes the receipt on the glass pane clear
Another shift ends as the light draws near
You lock the gate where the vines intertwine
Tomorrow's showing runs on borrowed time
Keys in pocket dirt beneath the nail
You drive the dark with a vegetative trail
Second feature starts when the sun goes down
Greenhouse glow paints silver on the ground
You grow the light that the screen forgot
Every seed a frame in the final plot
Second feature blooms where the dark gave in
You drive the night with a chlorophyll grin
Engine off the garden breathes
Next showing starts when the driver leaves
Meter resets for the next belief
