Verdigris intrigue
Fingerprints
On the glass door
Rain on the concrete
Hole in your t-shirt

Verdigris intrigue
A crack in the bathtu
Bark of the birch tree
Chipped paint
In the doorway

Verdigris intrigue
Hues of the weathered wall
Rhinestone on the diner floor
Lone glove on the sidewalk

Verdigris intrigue
The song of an old door
Blemish on the brass rail
Verdigris intrigue

She was an eyelash
On the face of the dial tone
Fresh as a frozen rose
On utility light poles

She was a camera flash
In the whirl of the cyclone
Confusion chaperones
Tell her only where not to go

To the
Verdigris intrigue
Red light on the top floor
Smoke in the still air
Late afternoon shadows

Verdigris intrigue
Serenade of the lone child
Blemish on the brass rail
Verdigris intrigue

She carried a photograph
Of a girl that she used to know
Whose colors began to erode
It was taken so long ago

She hears a thin tale
From hypochondriac troubadours
Then garden began to grow
Magnolia portholes

To the verdigris intrigue
Hues of the weathered wall
Rhinestone on the diner floor
Lone glove on the sidewalk

Verdigris intrigue
Serenade of the lone child
Blemish on the brass rail
Verdigris intrigue