Fluorescent hum in basement stacks
Leather case with cracked black wax
Thirty years since shutter snapped
Time held breath while moments trapped
Tri-X four hundred in chamber
ISO frozen amber danger
Driver knows the roads don't lie
Negative waits for developer's eye
Silver halide drinks quiet light
Basement archive burns through night
Every mile a frame exposed
Silver halide knows what matters most
Meter drops on Michigan Ave
Rain writes poems on wet avenue
Passenger with briefcase sighs
Camera catches goodbye eyes
Silver halide drinks quiet light
Basement archive burns through night
Every mile a frame exposed
Silver halide knows what matters most
Developer tray reveals the trace
Faces from a forgotten toast
Wedding cake and branded shoes
Taxi license unpaid dues
Fixer bath stops fleeting time
Granular peace in silver rhyme
Route six six to Lake Shore Drive
Every negative alive
Prints dry on a clothesline wire
Grandfather clock and burning tire
Meter reads zero at the end
Silver halide remembers friend
Silver halide drinks quiet light
Basement archive burns through night
Every mile a frame exposed
Silver halide knows what matters most
Silver halide drinks quiet light
Basement archive burns through night
Every mile a frame exposed
Silver halide knows what matters most
Silver halide holds what matters most
Shutter closes meter sleeps
Basement keeps what memory keeps