Drowned In Moonlight, Strangled By Own Bra Poem by Etienne Charilaou

Drowned In Moonlight, Strangled By Own Bra



For the first time now
on learning the news
I get to know Carrie Fisher
a little better.

Mark Hamill had no words.

This is best except I'll say:
a part of me died today.

Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: losing friends
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
'Now, George came to my show when it was in Berkeley. He came backstage and explained why you can't wear your brassiere in other galaxies, and I have a sense you will be going to outer space very soon, so here's why you cannot wear your brassier, per George. So, what happened is you go to space and you become weightless. So far so good, right? But then your body expands? But your bra doesn't, so you get strangled by your own bra. I think that this would make for a fantastic obit, so I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I wanted it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.' from 'Wishful Drinking' by Carrie Fisher
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