Leather skin cracked on the driveway shoulder
Rain washed my seams made the metal colder
Thirty-six frames still locked in my chest
No finger presses the shutter to rest
Light hits the ribbon silver bleeding out
Frames I swallowed spilling on the ground
No fingers wind me no eye peers through
Just gravel teeth and twilight blue
Greyhound ticket stub in the glove compartment
Ketchup packet stuck to the dashboard element
She laughed at the flash in the Denny's booth light
Left me behind when she chased the night
Light hits the ribbon silver bleeding out
Frames I swallowed spilling on the ground
No fingers wind me no eye peers through
Just gravel teeth and twilight blue
Fungus blooms lace on the front element
Light leaks paint stripes where the seal once went
Red scale numbers fade on the counter dial
Spring tension loosens unspooling mile
Light hits the ribbon silver bleeding out
Frames I swallowed spilling on the ground
No fingers wind me no eye peers through
Just gravel teeth and twilight blue
Her thumb nail cracked from the film advance lever
Winter coat thin against Kansas November
She didn't drop me she set me down gentle
Promised tomorrow but tomorrow's a mental
Headlights sweep past paint the ditch in gold
Engine heat fades the night turns cold
I hold her face in a latent embrace
Waiting for chemicals waiting for grace
Tire treads crush me into the shoulder's dust
Plastic and glass in a slow metal rust
But the images live where the silver halides
Wait for developer wait for the tides
Light hits the ribbon silver bleeding out
Frames I swallowed spilling on the ground
No fingers wind me no eye peers through
Just gravel teeth and twilight blue
Light hits the ribbon silver bleeding out
Frames I swallowed spilling on the ground
No fingers wind me no eye peers through
Just gravel teeth and twilight blue
Unspooled ribbon drinking the twilight
Unspooled ribbon drinking the twilight
