a sad 24, but I bloop up at the end/Maru backstory they've arrested a human rights researcher they arrest hundreds of people all the time but the scholars and the well connected get coverage I guess I did too some of the people who helped me were killed and some are still in prison some are in Europe some are like me, stuck here and quiet therapy can't fix that now the first thing I think is what are they trying to distract from they know who can cause a media uproar and they usually exploit it some dirty deal is being done or some shit law is getting passed and we'll find out 3 months later done with Cairo DONE Alexandria, installing WIFI, cute engineer, mango, united grannies, butterfly stroke until I turn into jelly, witchy K, perfectly seasoned fish, Maru and I lovingly yelling BIIIITCH at each other on the highway Maru's british masry He's not a musical theater gay which upsets me as a musical theater gay and a Filipino I have a gay best friend I can't karaoke with I'm just saying it seems unnatural and against God's wishes, that's all He's a 3D printing star wars figurines/Disney adult gay Disney and no singing, heresy We met through a mutual friend at somebody's party They thought it would be funny/hot to dare the girl with short hair to make out with the guy with long hair It was like playing chicken with our mouths ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED They were We were exotic and young and pretty and at all the same trendy arty events We both modeled, he was a photographer too And he kinda took me under his wing Which is why I call him dad even though he's just a little older The beautiful people either overdosed, commodified their 'thing' or married well and turned their backs on that other life Maru and I couldn't do the hard drugs for medical reasons and also ew We're both too proud to drop names and too scared to make deals Too queer for marriage So I became this self effacing teacher/writer in giant cardigans and a bun And he became this reclusive craft and design guy in graphic tees and a bun And somewhere out there in some archive are photos of his naked naked butt and photos of me reading 1001 nights, topless, in a pencil skirt and cat eyeglasses Photos that we did for FREEEEEEE God we were dumb And sweet And maybe kind of immortal now I really need to make him karaoke somehow |