By my own standards, which may or may not be similar to your own, I am a successful human being. I live well, I love, I work hard, I think, I play, I dream, I create. I’m healthy. I’m (mostly) happy. I don’t owe anybody anything, except for on my house, which I am paying as agreed. I am well-liked and well-respected, by other people, yes, but more importantly, by myself. I have skills and talents and knowledge and curiosity. I have found some kind of balance that makes sense for me. I rarely hurt others, and almost never is it on purpose.
But all week long, all I’ve done (besides bite my fingernails) is shake hands with people (many of whom, by the by, I personally would not consider successful human beings, but judgment is a fault of mine) who then give me four or five minutes to prove to their satisfaction that I may in fact be worth wasting their time upon, but, who, ultimately, decide that I am not successful. And not trustworthy. Not good enough.
It’s been hard for me to take, you see. Because I have always been good enough and smart enough and strong enough and courageous enough to do anything I ever wanted to do in life. Or if I have been found lacking, I’ve had the drive and ability to practice and learn and otherwise do whatever it takes to do whatever it was that I wanted.
But there is no need for my skills and talents now. They won’t get me anywhere. What I need is some credit in the straight world (which, incidentally, I thought I had… there was a time when a credit score of almost 800 and a grip of cash was worth something… those were good times).
Well, I may not have a building, but at least I still have the Young Marble Giants (and all my legs and eyes). They can’t take that away from me…
Go for credit in the straight world
Look a dealer in the eye
Go for credit in the real world
Won’t you try?
I got some credit in the straight world
I lost a leg, I lost an eye
Go for credit in the real world
You won’t die
Instant credit in the straight world
Leaving money when you die
Lots of credit in the real world
gets you high
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