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About gimble

I've never understood why solitary confinement is considered a punishment. My favorite time of year is when vacation forces me to drive long hours on the overnight stretch, all other companions in the car asleep, my thoughts and the dark stretch of white-striped road all to myself. Having said that, I can happily keep busy inside my head, yet am distracted by so much of the larger world that I waste time putting those thoughts generated by those distractions down on cyber-paper. Maybe I want to see if anyone else feels likewise. Though not as bright, sharp or hard as a diamond, I am many faceted - esoteric in my literature, tending toward magic realism - pop-culture vulturish in my take on media - sentimental enough to cry at dog food commercials - and a lover of kitsch, like diners and other holes in the wall of life.

Best day ever

Post-audition, she
was mobbed with requests, star-to-
be in student films.

Weed laced with PCP

She turned to cake, felt
herself melting, the devil
eating his way out.

Easter basket

Malted milk eggs, Peeps,
solid bunnies (eaten ears
first) hide in fake grass.

Easter

What do bunnies and
chocolate have to do with
a resurrection?

Hearing herself on CD

When her voice leaves her
body, recorded, it’s a
stranger who comes out.

Passing health care reform

Status on Facebook:
“Watching CSPAN.” Many like
seeing sausage made.

Prodigal daughter

She’s coming home, train
speeding through the heartlands, back
to where we miss her.

Fountain pen

A small indulgence:
nibs, inkwells,  hand writing in
a click to print world.

Project Runway

Cut pin stitch fabric
stretch confines of clothing to
become catwalk art.

Women artists

Hands on hip, baby,
sketchbook. Diapering, drawing,
birthing creation.