This morning I awoke at 5:15am to a 85 pound fur-ball jumping onto my bunk and ever-so-kindly plopping himself down on me. His name is Big Boy Beefstew. We all call him Stewie for short. One, because he’s got a big head like that baby on the Family Guy cartoon. Secondly, few people wish to Read More
Category: Jeremiah Gilbert
WOW! So I am getting ready for yet another resentencing. I won in the appeals court over a year ago so the sentencing court must give me less time than what I have remaining now. I am suppose to go back on the 22nd of this month. I’m nervous. About a few things actually, I Read More
Silence not often heard here, in societies cattle pen. Neighbors up coughing and hacking toilets, flushing throughout the night. A constant buzz – security lights, a constant tension attributed, to sleep deprivation. The whirl of tattoo guns, the acutely heard jingle – “Keys on the tier!” The whirl dies away, the tension remains. Collective sighs Read More
How does love survive with naught but a stamp to hold? How can one fulfill the duties of a lover while seperated? How can we hold on when so little is left to cling to? You smile when you see me the antics of a face painted carefully. Then when you go home tears wash Read More
The sun was shining warmly for the end of January. The breeze was gentle with just a hint of winter upon its breath. I stood with two other lifers as they talked of their daily irritants. My eyes were following a wisp of cloud as it drifted the horizon. Appearing to dance and slither through Read More
I awoke deep in Midnight’s star studded blanket. Your name lying softly on my lips. I wanted to speak it yet then it would only leave. Leave me alone to fall asleep again, so I held on. Eyes shut vision twenty-twenty I saw you as I remembered you. Years past tense times’ caress faded. Youthful Read More