Episode 22: Roto-gyroman Chapter Two

(Immersive Verse series)

1963: Beach Boys, pre-Beatles

Gyroboy: pre-adolescence

Down in the cellar, one day, discovers mom’s old wringer/washer

Rolled back in a corner. Out of water. Out of order.

Instinctively, he climbs aboard, puts her into light drive!

Gyro: on wringer/washer that day, escaping the basement, takes to the sky!!

The same summer in our backyard, my brother is overheard

Firing ammo from out a clutch of tennis balls

At a strike zone [pow-boing] he’s painted up on

Our garage wall, one-by-one, fastballs [Pow-boing]

Honing his curves; learning ways to paint

All 4 quadrants of the zone [pow-boing]

My brother and me: brimming with pre-Beatlemania chi

Our over-active imaginings:

Like bucking purebreds inside their start stalls

Me: down our basement riding wringer/washer [now roto gyro];

My brother: outdoors crafting, with tennis balls,

His soon-to-debut No-hitter over at the Garpike ball field

Which will no doubt render him—in Little League—a really big deal.

Then on game day, amidst cheering parents in the crowd,

A Buzzing or whirring is heard from somewhere…

Traffic noise echoing?

Smacks more of a sudsy sloshing overhead!

My all-city brother wonders as he searches out its source,

Then finally fixing his gaze skyward and all eyes follow his…

Taking in a UFO sighting of Gyroboy rotoring by.

My brother and me: brimming with pre-Beatlemania chi

Our over-active imaginings:

Like bucking purebreds inside their start stalls

Me: down our basement riding wringer/washer [now roto gyro];

My brother: outdoors crafting, with tennis balls,

His soon-to-debut No-hitter over at the Garpike ball field

Which will no doubt render him—in Little League—a really big deal.

James Rockwood

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All Music by: Uppbeat

#1 Hearts of Fire by Adi Goldstein

#2 Mint Mocha by Noxz

#3 Pending by Monument Music

#4 Flvx by Noxz

#5 Cold Brew by Noxz

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Narration and all voice overs by: James Rockwood

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