YESTERDAY,

after growing my hair out for six months,

I chose  a vintage Hermes scarf to tie it back

in the Vogue model style I wore when

she first fell in love with me.

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I squeezed into a Saks Fifth Avenue label outfit

from the early 70’s that she’d packed away.

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I applied Germaine Monteil makeup coaxed

from half-a-century old tin foil samples.

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I selected a pair of Trifari, love-knot, 

clip-on earrings that haven’t seen daylight

for five decades.

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Neither had the ecru garter belt and bare beige nylons

I slipped into with less ease.

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Finally, I splashed just a hint of Shalimar 

to the nape of my neck.

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It worked.

~

TODAY,

she asked me to make an appointment

to get my hair cut.

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She returned the outfit, scarf, garter belt and nylons

to the memento place at the bottom of

our 19th century humpback trunk.

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She mentioned she missed the emerald studs 

I’ve worn daily in my earlobes for thirteen years.

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She sprayed Shout on the Germaine Monteil

makeup stained washcloth.

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And … let me think …

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Oh! … yes.

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She wrote “Shalimar” 

on her holiday shopping list.

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