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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.

Friendship

She may have faults but
to me she’s flawless, a me
I wish I could be.

Impatience

Why they don’t do it
my way I can’t understand
’cause I’m always right.

Early daffodils

Like green periscopes
tiny shoots peer from muddy
beds searching for sun.

Daylight savings spring ahead

Night pushed back, a dark
blanket kicked aside as the
sun stays wide awake.

Writer friend

When she’s not funny
her raw candor grips readers
probing her deep wounds.

Facebook profile picture

Taken by cell phone,
he grins shyly, she glows as
if her prince has come.

First boyfriend breakup

She didn’t want to
hold his hand, watch him eat bread
sloppily. The end.

Surviving St. Patrick’s Day

for Cathy

Too sick for green beer
she stayed home, watched bad films of
leprechaun horror.

Channel surfing at 3 am

Late night TV a
wonderland of fast money
junkyard of trashed dreams.

Inside the doctor’s exam room

Either it’s a loud
HVAC system or
white noise to mask fear.