Episode 06: The Manikin
(Immersive Verse series)
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The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
He’s got texturized skin, porcelain grin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
2
Here comes the manikin again.
Here comes the manikin again.
Certain, lean, certified clean;
No spittle-chin stutter machine.
None one-of-a-kind. Nah!
No dumdum do-dah from the fashion design.
3
He keeps a ready scan, like with microwaves sweeping.
He thinks in digital dreaming.
Got robotic walk and the Rototone TM talk.
Fixed with polarized eyes.
One of those cellophane guys.
It’s the manikin coming in a lifelike size!
4
Got Real-botic TM walk and the Rototone TM talk.
Fixed with polarized eyes.
One of those cellophane guys.
It’s the manikin coming in a lifelike size!
The manikin coming he coming.
This one’s a game board bravado in trump suit,
Like checkered polyester on plaster
With paint-by-number gestures and a token laughter.
5
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
The manikin coming. It’s the manikin.
He’s got texturized skin, porcelain grin.
He’s got all the things making him manikin…among the men!
Here comes the manikin again.
Here comes the manikin again.
6
Certain, lean, certified clean;
No spittle-chin stutter machine.
Certified! Certain, lean, certified clean;
No spittle-chin stutter machine.
None one-of-a-kind. Nah!
James Rockwood
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This was originally written and recorded by Einstein in 1985.
The lyrics are included in my book "Lit-red Noses, Too Big Shoeses".
I wanted to include it here in a different format.
The message in this verse seems to comment on how
inauthentic human persona is attempting to push out
genuine humanity in people. Jimi Hendrix referred to this tendency as "plastic"
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White-collar conservative flashing down the streets
Pointing their plastic finger at me
They're hoping soon my kind'll drop and die
But I'm, I'm gonna wave my freak flag high, high, wow!
"If 6 Was 9" JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE
The same human characteristic was around in the 80s and
it's still around today. Notice the line:
This one’s a game board bravado in trump suit,
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All music by Uppbeat:
Hackers by Infraction
Topple by Andrey Rossi
Darchitech by Sonda
Thank you!
Narration and all voice overs by: James Rockwood
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