32 grumpy Every now and then I'm grumpy and it terrifies everyone Because really they do know I ought to snap And they remember that pleasant cat lady Sarah was once boy haired shanty town Sarah who went to jail And they've all been pushing their luck I woke up annoyed, Baba flung open my door that Im really tired of remembering to lock Informed me Id be stuck in my room while they installed a phone line My brother could've walked out in his boxers But poofy haired beach pants t-shirt Sarah is just too seductive for phone line people When I could finally make my breakfast, I saw the sink was a mess And I ended up forensically cleaning the kitchen And the bathroom Rage into every crevice Biso sensed Sarah was tante not friend today He always wanders upstairs to sit with us "Whatchoo dooooing" Scrubbing and throwing out rotten food because GEDDO (GRAMPS) HOARDS HALF EATEN FRUIT IN THE BACK OF THE FRIDGE *wide eyed Biso* I'm not mad at you habibi, tante is sticky and mad at the world and hasn't eaten and smells *Biso theatrically sniffs* We YAAAAA3 together Tante Z calls "Did you sleep in again Sarsoora?" No Tante I've been cleaning I haven't eaten and I'm not sure I'm going to swim today "Very well." I LOVE YOU ENJOY YOUR DAY "Oh I love you toooo habibty, are you well?" IM FINE, BYE TANTE, BYE, BYE, BYYYYEEE I shower, I finally start heating my mushy fava beans with cumin, lemon and olive oil (national staple food, very yum) and I see baba fussing in my periphery What. WHAT. "I just need to marinate the minced meat for the baker to make us hawawshy (baked or fried minced meat pie, also yum) for dinner" Le siiiigh It's 3 and I haven't eaten anything "EAT, I can marinate the meat, I watched a Youtube video" ... "Where's the big bowl and the blender?" ... I marinated the meat. Rage into the onion and garlic The power cuts (which means no water) and I raise up my meaty hands surgeon style I make eye contact with Baba My eye twitches "YEAH I THINK THATS FINE? I'll just take it over in the bowl. Thanks habibty! I filled a bottle of water in the bathroom so... I'm just going to...Yep" Washed up with bottled water, played my music, ate my beans Baba calls, "I decided to sit at the beach cafe, it’s a nice day out, so, yep" Cat-in-law sends depressing texts about cousin Aly I tell her to leave him "But my cat, I love him so many years" I kind of understand, but he's an idiot She perked right up I screamed at the ceiling Maru texted, "A boob for a boob, it's the law of the sea" "When are you coming back? Or are you just full mermaid now?" September but considering permanent sea life if only to be in a different city from Baba and broski and the rest of the family You're the only good thing in Cairo "I'm cheering you on with teary eyes and a raspy voice" And then my nail broke beyond salvaging So I'm snipping everything down to guitar playing length And I'm ignoring that doorbell Nope, NOPE And I'm jogging around the village when they're all asleep Hmph |