No Further Issue

الكلمات الأصلية بالإنجليزية

[Verse 1]
The last form asks
for one clear version.
Date of event.
Location.
Witness present.
Black pen only.

[Hook]
No further issue.
Stamp down.
Page dry.
Light on.
No further issue.
Door ajar.

[Verse 2]
The notice lies
on my kitchen table.
Its fold has softened.
The old word shows
where the spoon
left a shine.

[Verse 3]
I write the room.
I write the time.
I write the lift
and leave out five.
After witness,
the pen stops.

[Hook]
No further issue.
Stamp down.
Page dry.
Light on.
No further issue.
Door ajar.

[Break]
The printer pauses.
One clean sheet
halfway out.
The room keeps working
around it.

[Verse 4]
Mara says see you Monday.
I say yes.
The clock reads 4:58.
The lift works today.
I take the stairs.

[Final Hook]
No further issue.
Stamp down.
Page dry.
Light on.

[Final Verse]
The final line
stays blank.
I sign the old name
very small.
The ink takes.
I leave the page
face down.