Unknown's avatar

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.

Dichotomy

She PhotoShops her
self covered with blood spatters
loves puppies, is sweet.

Big death, little death

Sleep gently takes you,
like the lethal injection
you cannot resist.

Being a silly girl

An affectation,
but it’s cute, and she is for
given many sins.

Tomorrow’s flight

I’ll Dramamine my
self into torpidity,
sleep through drink service.

Sleeping on the plane

Like trying to use
your tongue as a lint brush, you
wake up fuzzy-mouthed.

Packing for vacation

separating the
non-essential from the much
needed is painful.

It’s not Christmas without…

Andy Williams. Bing
Crosby. John Lennon. Jose
Feliciano.

Christmas triage

Not enough time for
cookies, cards, decorating.
Which one do I skip?

High School Musical Meets 2008 Presidential Race

Brainiac Barack
cheerleader Oprah campaign.
A Disney moment.

Gentlewomen’s lament

God rest ye merry
gentlemen? I don’t see them
lifting a finger!