Monday, August 14, 2017

Virgin Ninja (11)

   
   "Virgin Ninja (11)"
   
   Some may think it pathetically plain--Bobby McQuade's life.  Never got out of the rural aspects of it all, into the Big City, like a Country/Pop star crafting their own music and drinking Coca-Cola; however, Bobby did his job, pulling a locker apart at the junior high he worked at as a janitor, for some kid who'd lost the combination, and the wrench was tired my friend, after that challenge of tool versus machine, our problem when androids walk the Earth, if they are not already doing so--even in the mind of a mental patient at the highest level of government clearance--never can tell.  You think 60 MINUTES showcases all of the government's modern toys?  Perhaps.
   But Bobby just used mops and brooms, in his desert-brown fatigues of poverty, modestly smiling, and always with a bit of chaw underneath that smooth grin; next, driving back to his non- wireless and television free shanty save an old transistor radio powered by Direct Current, where he would read antiquated Plastic Man comic books he had collected as a kid and listen to NPR, having rejected Reed Richards due to Mister Fantastic's uncanny ability of repairing and rebuilding advanced alien technology; plus, Plastic Man had a sense of humor about himself.  But little did Bobby McQuade know:  Soon he was gonna learn the stealth-lathered and secret ways of the ninja.