Verdigris intrigue

fingerprints on the glass door 

rain on the concrete

hole in your t-shirt


verdigris intrigue

a crack in the bathtub

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


(instrumental break)


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