Brunch There was a 21 year old cousin baby but he sees me as a fun auntie so I could be as awkward as I wanted and treat him like the toddler he is in my head I leaned into elder millenial and wore an early 2000s knit dress on jeans I played uno with the third grader who had already faaiiiled the arabic grammar and literature exam because he wrote a curse word in his answer He said he didn't know it was a bad word and I believe him My brother played GTA with the cousin's baby in college and they talked about collectors buying old consoles abroad My schizophrenic uncle made it! He was a lot less shy this time I was proud of baba, he did a lot of research and helped my uncle feel comfy I chatted with my aunt about false eyelashes And the college baby's twin sister face timed from France I squished my cousin's hand when she teared up watching the digitised home videos Everybody cried and laughed The third grade baby was confused but tried to participate We explained how we made videos without phones and how YouTube didn't exist They asked about my sister and her kiddos and the snow in Canada Gasp, snow, gasp My aunt is going deaf so there was a lot of yelling We're Egyptian so it was only slightly more yelling HOW MUCH IS MEAT IN YOUR AREA? BY THE KILO? RIDICULOUS. HE SAID IT'S RIDICULOUS Lots of healing winter hugs I think I'd be people watching instead of bird watching in the city There was someone walking the fattest happiest labrador I've ever seen in my life And there was a fancy lady in all pink winter athleisure wear, a Louis Vuitton bag and a giant Ariana Grande style pony tail that swished around her hips I rubbed the top of my sympathy sore head in awe Maybe they'll get mates too if I talk about them Behold the devoted dog person, an increasingly rare breed in this economy, the goodest boy gets all his meals And the extra extra fashionista, she said patriarchy what? Misogyny who? Hold my LV bag while I buy this hair It's sensory overload though I'm a burbs and birds auntie now |