Taxi wheels on icy ruts
Passenger lights cigarettes
Typewriter ribs click in the dark
Orchard branches hold their mark
Snow writes script on frozen bark
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Dusk descends on broken rule
Carriage returns with steady grace
Ink bleeds slow on frozen space
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Fare collected, doors shut tight
Dashboard glows through longest night
Keys tap out the orchard's edge
Each letter cuts a crystal ledge
Wind reads back the typed pledge
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Dusk descends on broken rule
Carriage returns with steady grace
Ink bleeds slow on frozen space
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Wipers clear the glass again
Mile markers count to ten
Typebars strike the quiet air
Apples sleep in snow-laid care
Moonlight types what isn't there
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Dusk descends on broken rule
Carriage returns with steady grace
Ink bleeds slow on frozen space
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Radio cracks static code
Heavy load on heavy road
Platen turns the page to white
Stars punch holes in velvet night
Dawn will read what dusk did write
Engine idles, meter stops
Snow fills in the missing drops
Two voices in the cab align
Typewriter keys to orchard line
Engine idles, meter stops
Morning pulls the shift to end
Orchard reads what night penned
Snow-covered keys rest in the case
Tracks remain on windshield glass
Morning pulls the shift to end
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Dawn ascends on broken rule
Carriage returns with steady grace
Ink bleeds slow on frozen space
Ribbon spins on silver spool
Keys sleep now in leather case
Snow writes on the windshield face