I can just hear the emcee introducing, “Mario Costello, the World’s Most Glamorous Boy.” And glamorous he is with his meticulous bows, long lashes and especially the lack of a nose. The height of glamour is when the nose vanishes and only the nostrils remain.
Too bad Mario’s glamour is damaged, but the previous owner had 17 cats and she, it seems, wasn’t as careful with these priceless artifacts as she might have been. A reminder that no one, no matter how friendly or sincere, not even your mother, will preserve the history of a marginalized community as well the community itself.
