Graveyard shift fumes mix with dawn’s first light
Convenience store coffee burns through cardboard sleeves (brew the fight)
Neon crosses flicker where the highway lines divide
Six-lane lullabies hum where broken dreams collide
Second job boots scuff the subway’s metal veins
Oven timer beeps sync with minimum wage pains
Third-floor walkup smells of ambition and mildew
Punching digital clocks while the landlord’s check looms
Metronome of rent days swings (swings)
Overtime stitched in every seam (every seam)
Basketball court chain nets scream
Life’s crossover through that triple beam
Concrete gardens bloom where the streetlights w