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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 575

I’ve seen the future…
Everyone writes in haiku!
(Look at my blogroll.)

Varmints

Squirrels have eaten
my pumpkins. They eschew fall
negate Halloween.

Unseasonable

Tomorrow it’ll be
eighty. Mother Nature is
having hot flashes.

Secret

I’m writing during
the day. Quiet house, others
gone. The muse comes out.

Strange brew

Strawberry syrup,
molasses, rice flour mixed up
make tasty stage blood.

PSAT

Tomorrow she takes
a test that may very well
determine her life.

J onstage

“Playing with Fire” as
Bride of Frankenstein? Perfect
role for Halloween.

Special effect

She bleeds from her mouth.
Says she feels like vomiting.
Just a blood capsule.

GIGO

Talk about a clean
slate. My new computer has
no software installed.

Curtain call

After the play they
go out to eat popcorn drink
beer with makeup on.