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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.

Bait and switch

Time for another
Ron Paul mention so I can
get my page views up.

Puppy love

She said her dog’s paws
smelled like Doritos. “She’s nuts”
I thought. Then I sniffed.

Unspoken

Secrets like splinters
lodged down deep tear you apart
from the inside out.

Jump the shark

My life is content
driven, looking for the next
big thing to embrace.

Entourage

S will travel with
me, security-blanket
friend I’m blessed to have.

Same old lament

National TV
talk show called me to be a
guest. What will I wear?

To do list

I jot on random
scraps, then lose them. No wonder
I don’t get things done.

Tasteless

Reading haikus is
like eating chestnuts. You stop
after a bad one.

Bedtime

Why does burrowing
under thick down comforters
bring such sheer delight?

Motivation

Decided last night –
Caribbean for Christmas.
Will work for travel.