Camera hangs from calloused thumb
Radiation tastes like copper gum
Bridge cables sing a low hymn
Fog swallows the river's dim brim
You stand where the mist eats steel
Geiger clicks a broken wheel
Trench coat heavy on your frame
Exclusion Zone knows your name
Badge folded in a wool pocket
Boots planted on rusted plate
You count each click like a rocket
Timing the decay of fate
You stand where the mist eats steel
Geiger clicks a broken wheel
Trench coat heavy on your frame
Exclusion Zone knows your name
Shutter snaps the trench coat flare
Geiger sings its tinny prayer
Mist climbs the cables, wet and bare
You breathe in the poisoned air
You stand where the mist eats steel
Geiger clicks a broken wheel
Trench coat heavy on your frame
Exclusion Zone knows your name
Dawn cracks the sky with dirty light
Bridge holds firm through endless night
Coat flaps like a wounded kite
You stay. You watch. You bite.
You stand where the mist eats steel
Geiger clicks a broken wheel
Trench coat heavy on your frame
Exclusion Zone knows your name
And the bridge remembers your name
