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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472776" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>‘Oscar’ The Man of Metal</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I built a magnificent man of metal<br>out of old used tin cans.<br>I removed the tops and bottoms<br>and with them I made his hands.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I unrolled the assorted cans of metal<br>and hammered them into shape.<br>Then welded and riveted them together, <br>which made his exterior look great.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I gave him joints for movement<br>and eyes of coloured glass.<br>Electronic circuits became his brain, <br>which added that touch of class.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He had nerves of steel and fibre-optics, <br>and anti-freeze was his life blood.<br>Movements of time charged his power cells<br>making his battery life exceptionally good.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From head to foot he dazzled too much, <br>so I decided hide the shine<br>behind trainers, jeans and an old t-shirt, <br>and a hat that once was mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The time had come for his beginning, <br>so I pressed his power pack.<br>His eyes lit up and sparkled with life, <br>as he flexed his joints and back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">After blinking, smiling, and twitching, <br>he quietly asked who he was.<br>“A magnificent man of metal, ” I said, <br>“inspired by ‘The Wizard of Oz’.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We sat watching the movie together<br>and not a word was said.<br>He memorised the whole of the script<br>and repeated it ‘til I went to bed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I left him watching the movie channel, <br>and he sat there day after day.<br>One morning, in the early hours he woke me<br>to tell me that he was going away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He had decided to become ‘An actor’, <br>the best the world had ever seen.<br>Hollywood was waiting for a man like him<br>to appear on the silver screen.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We travelled together to Hollywood, <br>where he created a mass of interest.<br>The studios had visions of super heroes, <br>but he had to have a screen test.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A great movie star was in the making, <br>but he needed an actor’s name.<br>Oscar Mann was the name chosen, <br>which would suit his future fame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oscar was cast as a dashing mariner<br>who was forced to walk the plank.<br>Alas he didn’t make the support vessel, <br>instead, like a rock he sank.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Divers searched the sea for ages, <br>but their searching was in vain.<br>The metal man known as Oscar<br>was never seen again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Orlando+Belo">Orlando Belo</a><div class=q>
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I unrolled the assorted cans of metal
and hammered them into shape.
Then welded and riveted them together, 
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