Blank Jim

The circumstances surrounding today’s poem are quite unusual to say the least. Awhile back I was awakened from a deep sleep by a strange dream. As usual, upon returning to the real world, the details of the dream were fuzzy. One thing was very clear, however…..the main character in the dream.

He was a western-style man named “Blank” Jim. The name was so odd that I got up and scribbled “Blank Jim” on a notepad next to my bed. The next morning, as I read the name, I felt it must have been an omen . . . . a signal for me to write a poem.

So here’s an original poem about a fictitious character in an imaginary western town. The photo was found with an internet search of “old cowboys” and he fit the profile of the character in my dream.  Enjoy……

From a legendary old western style town

There’s a story that’s been going around

About a character residing there within

With an unlikely handle of “Blank Jim”

The history of the moniker is strangely clouded

No one seems to knows from whence it spouted

The town folks knew him as the mysterious one

Gift of gab, jack of all trades, master of none

When it became obvious he was there to stay

Even the skeptics accepted “Blank” as A-OK

It took a while, but he won their trust in the end

Soon “Blank Jim” became known as their friend

But this friendship and trust did not last long

Soon the town was singing a different song

When the funds disappeared from the citizen’s bank

The hombre they blamed was blankety-blank Blank

Poem by Herm Meyer



STUFF:

Do you dream in color? Do you have an unusual dream you’d like to share with us? I welcome your response in the Comment’s Box.

Most people have never thought about dreaming in color, but when asked will probably answer that they dream in black and white. I will occasionally dream in color, but the dream will be something dramatic like a fire.

An internet search of “Dreaming in color” will yield some interesting articles.