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-------- I am the past, present & future of useless in one man/ I’m not a man/ I’m a howling mouse, drowning in a metal cage/ In a plastic bag, at the hands of the man of the house/ Under a running tap, full blast, outside near the garden.../ I was once asked what I wanted to be/ I said,/ “I want to be a man”/ Everyone laughed; I was being serious./
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Jan 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTC
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-------- I am the past, present & future of useless in one man/ I’m not a man/ I’m a howling mouse, drowning in a metal cage/ In a plastic bag, at the hands of the man of the house/ Under a running tap, full blast, outside near the garden.../ I was once asked what I wanted to be/ I said,/ “I want to be a man”/ Everyone laughed; I was being serious./
_______________________________ A.J. Farruco, 09/04/2014
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