Oil cloth folds on oak desk top
Grimoire dust coats calloused thumb
Ichor flakes and will not stop
Candle gutter basement hum
Coffee cold in chipped mug rim
Monsters don't pay tabs on whim
Silver shines when work is done
Night shift ends with rising sun
Wipe the blade and count the cost
Every beast has monsters lost
Rag turns black but steel stays bright
Clean before the morning light
Card catalog smells like old grease
Marginal notes in cramped script tell
Beast entries filed with careful ease
Which oil works on what from hell
Coffee cold in chipped mug rim
Monsters don't pay tabs on whim
Silver shines when work is done
Night shift ends with rising sun
Wipe the blade and count the cost
Every beast has monsters lost
Rag turns black but steel stays bright
Clean before the morning light
Pizzicato strings pluck quiet tune
Modular blips mark rhythm clean
Felt piano hums beneath the moon
Wooden blocks keep time between
Regulars know just what I need
Black coffee extra grease indeed
Same as the witchers who slip inside
Leave silver clean nowhere to hide
Wipe the blade and count the cost
Every beast has monsters lost
Rag turns black but steel stays bright
Clean before the morning light
Archive quiet basement deep
Promises the night to keep
Rag hangs on its iron hook
Morning brings more beast blood cook
Wipe the blade and count the cost
Every beast has monsters lost
Rag turns black but steel stays bright
Clean before the morning light
One last pass and done for night
Silver rag hangs quiet now
Dawn breaks through the basement window