Be Kind. Rewind.
Published: July 17th, 2008
By: Shelly Reuben

Be Kind. Rewind.

Last month, Cyd Charisse, the long-stemmed beauty who swirled her skirts and flashed her go-on-forever legs in MGM musicals, died.

Elderly. Earthbound. From dust she came. To dust she returned. Of mortal clay.

That, however, is not the way it should have been. For Cyd Charisse did not come from earth dust, she came from stardust.

She was more than mortal.

She should not have died that way.

I do not begrudge her the aging process. No indeed. There is much to be said for setting new goals, mulling over happy memories, and pulling out gray hairs.

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What I resent is the tortured and tortuous ending.

I would rewrite it. I would provide her with a simple, inexpensive, easy-to-install, rewind button. Tasteful. Color coordinated. Small and recessed to blend with any décor.

There she would be. At the far end of a life well lived. Height diminished. Bones creaky. Joy, felicity, and zest ... all on the ebb. She would lean forward, reach out, and press the rewind button.

Instantly, her life would go into reverse.

Her health would improve.

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