Gas lamps hiss on Charles Street brick
Iron boots click autumn wind thick
Feather flash cuts cobalt sky
White wings paint the mortar dry
Teen runaway Canon in hand
Shutter snaps the grainy land
Bus fumes curl through Beacon Hill
Owl form watches silent still
White on red the owl descends
Silver claw on borrowed ends
Brick remembers what light forgets
Autumn burns in violet jets
Cobblestone drinks moonlight pale
Shutter clicks a fragmented tale
Feathers brush the gas lamp glass
Moment caught then gone to pass
White on red the owl descends
Silver claw on borrowed ends
Brick remembers what light forgets
Autumn burns in violet jets
Lens cap off aperture wide
History sleeps on the turning tide
Baritone drops to falsetto flight
White on red through Boston night
Morning frost on copper dome
Owl retreats to silent home
Teen boards bus with developed roll
Bricks keep secrets standing whole
Negative strips dry on line
Feather dust and brick align
Industrial pulse cold and deep
Memories the mortar keep
White on red the owl descends
Silver claw on borrowed ends
Brick remembers what light forgets
Autumn burns in violet jets
White on red the story ends
White on red the brick stays clear