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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.

The day after

Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.

High school

You’ll never again
feel pain, joy both at once. Be
so at odds with life.

Speak

When you unburden,
you hope listeners will care.
Yet some could care less.

Children’s show

J’s Sleeping Beauty.
Small kids grab at her princess
gown with sticky hands.

Dissection

Every day with
words I pin down bits of my
self for all to view.

Two ships

My husband says he
catches up on my life in
my blogs. We should talk.

Never enough time

I cook mornings so
I can eat evenings. I call
it planning ahead.

Cup of gluttony

When you take skim milk
in your coffee, heavy cream
is an indulgence.

Famous people

Write about ’em and
stats go up. I try not to
let this affect me.

Parent chauffeur

Few things are as hard
as staying awake, waiting
for the phone to ring.