No smoke, babe, no cigar

from Coffee Dreams by Nika Mo

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I saw the rising belly
I caught your sopping tongue
'tween my fingers for a while, yeah we were
chewing on the cud

I saw the rotting belly
I saw the brick kiln chimney
to my left, and what a waste, oh what a waste—
no smoke, babe, no cigar

And why must you toss the water while
we sit in the tub?
Astounding your impatience
I saw the rising steam
'fore it hit the mirror it was clinging onto
all my coffee dreams

I saw the rotting belly
I'm payin' my due hours
in the cemetery wasting blood and bone on
all those plastic flowers

And why must you light up the jetty
then beg for the tide
to swallow your impatience?
Was quaking in the glow
of the flames, and oh so close
and oh so close but—
no smoke, babe,
no cigar

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from Coffee Dreams, released June 30, 2022

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Nika Mo Perth, Australia

Making and performing on Whadjuk Noongar boodjar. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Melancholy-folk that makes the Perth mundane sound somewhat poetic.

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