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The time has come...
...think about my life for a while. She sniffles, straightens the blanket on her legs. She has sat down in her old rocking chair and is annoyed with herself at the same time because it's so hard to get out of it. "Well," she thinks, "if I get the right momentum, he'll throw me off anyway." She giggles a little. She is known for her gallows humor. On the side table is a (large) glass of sherry and a bottle of "Shalimar", the pure perfume. "They call it extrait these days. What nonsense, you spit on yourself when you pronounce it." She sips her sherry and spritzes herself with Shalimar. "Yes, the harsh old woman. Jicky's playing in here and they haven't removed the lavender, I bet."
She puts an LP on the old record player. Old blue eyes sings:
"When I was 17, it was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was 17"
Yes, she could have been such a girl. The crazy 1950s! Aunt Ava had traveled to America with her and Eddi, her brother. Mummy had made her a purple petticoat dress from Atlas silk. There was what felt like 85 meters of tulle under the skirt. AND Aunt Ava gave her Shalimar. It was already a famous perfume back then and it was very different from the perfumes she knew. Scratchy, powdery, vanilla unsweet and somehow roasted.
They saw the crazy Jerry Lee Lewis. Who shook his blond curly head, played boogie woogie with a crazy look and lit his piano on fire. Sometimes the hall even had to be cleared because the audience was swaying on the chandeliers.
They would have loved to see Elvis too. But Aunt Ava already had a TV back then and so they saw his famous hip swing on TV. Elvis the pelvis, yes yes.
When they got back, the rock'n'roll wave had of course already taken hold. There was a dance hall at the pub where they could let off steam. Eddi played the piano and mimed Jerry Lee. When he tried to light it up, he was stopped. Willi danced with her like crazy, rolling his shoulders and pulling his legs. Shalimar was always there, whether it suited her or not. But the expansive sillage spoke for itself.
Willi gave the hip swing of Elvis on stage, but he looked like a hip-sick cat trying to climb down a tree backwards. Eddi had grown a moustache that made him look like he had just eaten a mouse.
The pork knuckle eaters sat at the front of the restaurant and got upset about the indecent monkey hopping.
In the early 60s, she flew to Las Vegas with Aunt Ava to see the Rat Pack perform at the Sands Hotel. She wore a cream-colored, beaded sheath dress. Her blonde hair was pinned up. She almost looked like Doris Day. Although she already had many other fragrances, her faithful companion was Shalimar. Dean Martin wouldn't have pushed her off the edge of the bed.
She sniffed her hand. Now she's already a great-grandmother.
She and Shalimar are still there Yes, and sometimes it was a very good year.
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