27 death star canteen I love Eddie Izzard She was tweeting about the Arab Spring before a lot of people in Egypt But that's not why I love her Death Star canteen Darth Vader ordering penne arrabiatta I get stuck on things Sound of music, pecan and praline ice cream, that one Shawn Colvin song And I'm stuck on Eddie Izzard material from that specific era During the revolution, she unexpectedly replied to my tweet and it was terrifying All of a sudden CNN was asking me about "the situation on the ground" Which is shit journalism And I was on my couch There were people baring their chests to the snipers I was tweeting Maybe some logistics And I broke curfew to sleep with Ozzy when he got shot in the leg That was my contribution Baba protested, by starfish-ing on my door screaming OVER MY DEAD BODY And then kissing my hands He was right, I probably would've died I can't run for shit I don't know what I thought I was going to do I still remember mama-- my tiny, round mama holding up giant gardening shears with her "COME AT ME" eyes I'm so emotional these days |