2020-11-16, Monday
Last night it rained and now the day is as gray as I like.
Many years ago, today was already a month and a half I was going to school.
I always hated it enthusiastically: huddled together with little screaming beings, all wearing black aprons and a stiff white collar, locked down for hours listening to things that could have been interesting if they hadn't been exposed in such a boring way.
And I still remember when, after a while, I realized that I had been sentenced to forced labor; I was 6 years old and I would have had to go to school until at least 18: 300% of my life until then.
As if a 30-year-old man was forced to do something until the age of 90: it would bewilder anyone.
So I went to see to my mother in the kitchen to ask her the question that puzzled me. She was always happy when she thought I was looking for solutions...
Obviously I do not remember the words of a 6 year-old child, but I remember perfectly the consecutio of my thought:
-Mom -I told her- I will have to go to school until I'll be 18 -
-Yes dear, of course-
-And this is to let me have a better job...-
-Yes dear...-
-So that I can earn more money to eat, sleep (I meant a house), rest (I meant vacations) to be able to go back to work to eat, sleep and rest to go back to work...-
-My mother was very happy for my brilliant examination of my condition.
-It all seems very stupid to me - I ended, turning around and going back to my room, but not before having seen bewilderment in her eyes and her jaw go down by what I estimate today was about a quarter of an inch.
After 68 years I think exactly the same way...
So I continue in this useless loop, with the awareness of its uselessness, but the contentment of having immersed myself in excellent scents.
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Sapone PS: Valobra Mandorla
Sapone: Scheermonnik, Delfts Wit
Pennello: R.A. Rooney & Sons Ltd., Style 3, 22 mm
Rasoio: Merkur, Progress 500
Lametta: Gillette, 7 O’Clock, Super Stainless
AS 1: MilMil, Figaro Gel
AS 2: MilMil, BeMan, Balsamo Polivalente
EdT: Penhaligon's, Sartorial
ST: Michel Petrucciani, Live Umbria Jazz Festival, 1991
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