Operational Detachment Juan Manuel Fangio

from Fangio by Peter Peter Hughes

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In which Fangio introduces himself, and provides as tangible an explanation for whatever magical mechanism has made possible his resurrection as we’re going to get. The first lines allude to a story from Leo Levine’s Fangio obituary for Road & Track: “It took a remarkable man to maintain his equilibrium. One night in Buenos Aires when we entered a restaurant, the entire assemblage stood. This was thirty years after he retired.” The “stripped of every badge” line refers both to Fangio’s unofficial and unaffiliated status as a rogue agent who takes his orders from no one, and to the Saab 900 Turbo that serves as his primary undercover vehicle, high-performance SPG variants of which typically shipped from the factory sans rear nameplates.

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once upon a time I couldn’t go out to eat
without everyone in the room rising to their feet
I couldn’t go shopping
I couldn’t walk down the street

but I traded that all in a long, long time ago
in exchange for immortality, some sort of purchase on my soul
I struck a sinner’s bargain late one summer night
not to be a hero, but for the chance to make things right

now I roll invisible, stripped of every badge
for maximized efficiency I’ve but a single task
I’m more than an assassin and I’m not a hired gun
I’m Operational Detachment Juan Manuel Fangio
I’m a special force of one

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from Fangio, released September 1, 2010

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