I Can Read Smoke

I can read smoke, no joke
I can read smoke, not in this life
When you were a more elegant beast
You cut my throat there's dance in my blood
The jilted control the narrative
Because that's all that they have left
Encouraging belief is vulgarity
Mean-spirited air quotes to wit
Pasolini in New York
Shouldn't be this boring
Fine people say
Disillusion finds a way
I can read smoke in white noise
I can read smoke driving a dead man's car
Thinking the funk will protect me
Journey through walls a dagger plays
Pasolini in New York
Shouldn't be this boring
Kind people say
Disillusion always finds a way
I can read smoke