TIRANA - Fog, rain, cold, humidity and sadness in Tirana and all of Albania. This November found the country wrapped in a tis of boredom and melancholy, which some washed-up activities have tried in vain to shake off.
Albanian-Americans who jump and twist on the boulevard 'Dë?morët e Kombit', Albanians of the land who wave the national flag for a couple of hours and then stuff them with macaroni with seafood in Durrës, to drown the sobs in their throats; this is how the double holiday of November 28-29 found its place, namely the Day of the Flag and that of the Liberation of the Motherland.
There were many visitors, but they were reminiscent of the frozen krushci of Kadare. Many of them confided to the Patronageist that after thirty-odd years, they hoped that this November would find the atmosphere brighter, the politics more united, the people happier.
But he didn't say it. This time, politics was divided, not through its own fault, but SPAK's.
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Lilo Çepani, however, gave his message from prison.
"We are indebted to the young men and women who gave their lives for the freedom of the homeland, " Lilua wrote, " so today's young people must take an example and stand up against the Sorosian mafia." Not like the cousins ??and nephews of Mari-Antoineta Testagrande, my ex-wife, whom I put in good jobs and drink Skrapari brandy behind my back".
Lilua stated that SPAK put him in prison, so as not to celebrate November 20th and 29th, as befits a party president.
"Only Thodhori Blushi, a mason from Cologne, has not betrayed me. No, do you remember Blushi, who called out in the village, who has a roof to change? " Lilua added.
Next, he rated Thodhoriu, who is called Teddy for short, with a ten-star rating for the spectacular entry into the almost-tank of the police that was throwing water on the protesters.
"I strongly condemn the thuggish act of the media photographers during the protest, for those ten seconds that Blushi climbed the water-thrower, no one shot a photo of him that would go down in history as Vojo Kushi 2.0 ," declared Lilua.
He invited the media to be careful next time, when Thodhori puts his chest on the municipal tank like Selam Musai, or when he pulls out a water pistol in the middle of the square, like Avni Rrustemi.
The patron learns that Blushi agrees with all of Lilo's proposals, except for one:
"I do all the roles, boss," he told Lilo, "only the bride and the curfew, and I can't do the girls with red ribbons. It's not cool now to go out in a dress."
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The doctor was released from house arrest just two days before the holidays. Perhaps SPAK had the evil intention of him joining the official ceremonies, but it achieved the opposite effect. "Out of anger, I'm not myself," declared the Doctor.
And for this, with his irreplaceable originality, he found a special reason for the Democrats to celebrate with joy the twenty-nineteenth of November.
“The 28th is Flag Day and Liberation Day ,” said the Doctor to supporters, “but let's leave the formalities behind because we are ours. More precisely, it is the day of Mul and Çim" , and Peka pointed with his hand from Mul and Çim, who blushed from the hopeless praise, " Mul and Çim, for the contribution you have made, get up to cut the cake of freedom."
And from the other side he spoke to his wife: "Liri, bring the cake!"
Liberty arrived with a magnificent blueberry cake, and an old scalpel that had been left with the Doctor since 1992 to cut the pieces. "Muli and Çimi, cut small pieces, because I will take the rest to the island, we have some guests from Pozharevaci tonight", she told them.
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The Tall One was also sad. This November he found melancholic. It was really agreed with the allied headquarters in Bari that the Doctor would be released before the holidays, so that he could win the next elections without his opponent being arrested. John wanted the Doctor's supporters to stay in the raindrops under the window for a few more days, because he had seen the weather forecast.
Then he got bored, because he saw that the people around him were getting thinner. Some in prison, some on the run. He wandered around unfinished construction projects with Bella Balluken and Federika Mogerini. The latter, because she looked like those Italian women who had stayed in Albania after the war and were not allowed to return.
He breathed out to himself, " dio mio, I endured one month in this province, I was saved for life", and began to sing sottovoce the famous song Triste Domenica, for which SPAK had arrested dozens of boys and girls:
Piove, fa freddo, piu solo mi sentoooo….
Cosiii, nell'silenzio di questa Domenicaaa
Note: Patronageist is a satirical column that believes that Mule Day and Chimi Day should be celebrated separately