Caring for a Mogwai requires following three rules: no sunlight, no water, and never feed after midnight. Mess up and we have ourselves a gremlin! (1984 movie “Gremlins”) Silly, I know but a bit of writing fun.


The Gremlin

The sunlight craved
in winter gray
arrived with reinforcements -
a humid, sticky coup -
and now a sweaty gremlin
brews its mischief.

Hair once straight
now loops and frizzes,
armpits a damp disaster
of widening rings,
the shame;
but what to do?

Window shades
slammed shut,
the drab of winter light
now seems a paradise.
In darkness sit,
three fans on high…

be still,
hold your breath…

the gremlin
might not get you.



Poetry by Melinda K Zarate The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-05-18 at 15:37

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melanie sue The PoetBay support member heart!
Love it. Back when I did watch TV and HBO, I had genre favorites for my distractions of choice and the two that were my favorites were science fiction and crime solving detective shows. I was kind of over that phase by the time "Breaking Bad" hit. I did not watch "Walking Dead" and "Breaking Bad" the way most did. I had already started watching stuff of my choice, mostly off the YouTube. I heard my friends talking about this series. I was not attracted to the premise of the show but curious. So, I watched the whole series in one evening-- I skip the openings, avoided commercials, sped up the stupid parts. I thought it all pretty disgusting. But I have to admit, I did like "Better Call Saul".....but I eventually chose to remove myself from the control of that Hollywood world's creations. One of my science fiction favorites was a movie called "GATTACA".

I did enjoy this one very much.....I like silly and I like humor

Thank you, Melinda--
For sharing this. This was great. 🙂
2026-05-18