IYou will not get it back. She’ll say she’s just trying it on. She is not just trying it on.
IIThe sunglasses stay on. Indoors, at lunch, quite possibly in bed. Colour this strong needs managing.
IIIEvery phone call becomes a performance. She will take it standing, fringe arranged, as if the line were being filmed.
IVThe grandchildren will want one. One size, shaped to drape. Technically they can have it in about twenty years.
VFlowers will start arriving. Nobody is quite sure who from.
VITea becomes an occasion. The good china comes out. So does the silk.
VIIEvery birthday is now black tie. Candles optional. Fringe essential.
It was always going to end up hers. The Blue Poppy Poncho, and the others, which are every bit as hard to get back.