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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.

Overworked

Busy is when you
sit down to watch a movie
and you fall asleep.

Edward Scissorhands

A-Depp-t cult classic
fairy tale, gothic icon
all rolled into one.

After lunch crash

Too many carbs. Need
tea, coffee, power drink. No
rest for the weary.

Procrastination

I start out strong with
good intentions. Sit at the
computer. Day’s shot.

Headache

Steamroller coated
with glass shards rolls back and forth
just behind by eyes.

Winter landscape

First snowfall blankets
unraked beds of leaves. Nature’s
default is beauty.

Hillary Clinton

Don’t you know no girls
allowed? Threaten the big boys,
they call you a bitch.

John McCain & the B word

I’d have crossed party
lines for you ’til today. Where
was your chivalry?

Worthy

Coffee with M is
a reminder of what smart
women are about.

Overdone do

If her hair was much
bigger you’d mistake it for
blonde cotton candy.