I know I am a common man. So, please don’t remind me that. I know I am just a tiny cog in the wheel of a Bentley. I know I have not done anything extraordinary in my life. I know I have not broken any records till date. I know that. Everybody in this world has made sure that I understand and accept this reality very well.

I am a tiny speck in this world full of people. Sometimes I feel if my existence has a meaning at all. I often have doubts if my wife and kids will miss me if one day I will get kidnapped. But then who will kidnap me. Nobody wants me. Except I think, Marc. Yes he wants me. He really wants me.

Life is so strange. When I was in school, my teachers used to tell the students that all of us have something special in us. It’s just that we have to find that something special. I have been living with myself from last thirty seven years but till now I have never been able to find that something special. I guess this is why I am all the more common.

Nobody wants to be like me; not even my kids. They make fun of me behind my back. The think their father is a loser. They feel ashamed when the have to introduce me to their friends. I don’t know why but it hurts. It hurts a lot.

My wife says that I am good for nothing. She has been telling me this from last twelve years. She says that the biggest mistake of her life is that she married me. I don’t argue with her anymore now. I guess she is right.

Roads are so congested nowadays. There is simply no space for a common man to walk on pavements. I just hope that Marc is waiting for me. He must be really hungry. I am late today. Marc is the only one who waits for me everyday. He loves me so much. Let me take your leave. I need to rush. Bye.

Marc is the stray dog who gets a bowl of milk everyday from the “common man”.