Fluorescent flickers above cracked yellow tile
Witcher kneels where express trains compile
Chamois cloth draws slow across the steel
Monster ichor wipes clean from the heel
Silver breathes in station air
Blade sings quiet monsters beware
Three AM and the platform's bare
Dawn arrives on morning stair
Oil rag catches beast blood dark and thick
Train wind rattles signage makes it stick
Hollowbody hum from a busker's amp
Witcher works by fluorescent lamp
Silver breathes in station air
Blade sings quiet monsters beware
Three AM and the platform's bare
Dawn arrives on morning stair
Metro
Card fossil in a plastic sleeve
Rat tracks stitch the platform's concrete weave
Silver throws back light like river water
Hunter waits inside the city's quarter
Silver breathes in station air
Blade sings quiet monsters beware
Three AM and the platform's bare
Dawn arrives on morning stair
Steam vent exhales through grate and grill
Witcher sheathes the blade standing still
Empty train whooshes past like ghost
New York keeps what matters most
Silver breathes in station air
Blade sings quiet monsters beware
Three AM and the platform's bare
Dawn arrives on morning stair
Slide fades into dawn
Foot thump carries on
