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The pool don't freeze when January bites
Steam climbs the pines like kitchen lights
He watches water, dark and deep
While the mountain holds its sleep
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Bass notes hum from limestone ribs
Shaking dust off ancient lids
He stirs his brew with a calloused thumb
Waiting for the signal drum
Stone soup boiling under snow
He hears the choir down below
Two shadows cast by one pale moon
Sharing silence like a spoon
No fish survive in sulfur heat
Just minerals and bitter sweet
He marks the time by steam and shade
A graveyard shift the mountains made
[Pre-
Bass notes hum from limestone ribs
Shaking dust off ancient lids
He stirs his brew with a calloused thumb
Waiting for the signal drum
Stone soup boiling under snow
He hears the choir down below
Two shadows cast by one pale moon
Sharing silence like a spoon
Columns drowned in mineral glass
Watching centuries slide past
The water tastes of iron ore
And something older than the war
No ticket called, no order fired
Just the steam, no one retired
The sax sighs soft in midnight air
A prayer whispered in a chair
Stone soup boiling under snow
He hears the choir down below
Two shadows cast by one pale moon
Sharing silence like a spoon
Dawn cracks the ridge like a cold egg shell
The pool goes quiet, deep as hell
He packs his thermos, wipes the grime
Comes back tomorrow, kills the time
Stone soup boiling under snow
He hears the choir down below
Two shadows cast by one pale moon
Sharing silence like a spoon
Coffee's cold, the night is done
Humming low at rising sun
