Monthly Archives: May 2012

Morpheus

Posted on May 16, 2012 by sputterpub

Insidious as time is, sneaking days by us, accumulating weeks to years, digesting us entirely in ways a snake would envy (how it disappears like clockwork – now is then and will is would), that powerful is Morpheus, that steep, … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm V (V Parts)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sputterpub

Evie had to have surgery on the ankle. They put a pin in it and couldn’t promise a complete mend. As part of her hospital care they ran a bone density scan and she learned that she does have some … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm IV (V Parts)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by sputterpub

After she told me about the molestation I realized that Evie dated Jessie’s weight gain from then. And maybe it was a classic case of using fat as sexual defense. But it might just have been self-medication and a way … Continue reading →

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Oppositives

Posted on May 11, 2012 by sputterpub

The qualities that fired us to bond at 17 encourage us to nap at 55. More powerful than rhino horn were common tastes; between our nods we agitated love alive. “Too cool!” “Get out!” We each the other’s sentence could … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm III (V Parts)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by sputterpub

That was the day I learned about the molestation. I don’t know why Evie never told me about it when it happened, but we sat down with coffee right after Jessie stomped off and Evie started talking. A decade earlier … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm II (V Parts)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by sputterpub

The shock to me about Jessie, when I noticed her a year ago, was her size. She has thick mahogany hair and a creamy complexion, but all I saw was body. For a person who started out so small and … Continue reading →

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Extreme Study

Posted on May 8, 2012 by sputterpub

I notice hands commuting east tonight – the women’s ropy tendons – mine and theirs – the bitten nails on this one to my right and him across the aisle, sneaking stares at me or leaning forward, weary head upheld … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm I (V Parts)

Posted on May 7, 2012 by sputterpub

“It was so ironic,” Evie declared as she gently clunked her cast onto the table top. “We’d had a perfect day of skiing, and there we were in the parking lot, about to load the car for the drive home, … Continue reading →

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The Knave of Hearts

Posted on May 4, 2012 by sputterpub

Her husband’s home most every night by 8: a little drunk, an easy-going man. He’s had a few with friends – he isn’t late – he’ll help with kids or dishes if he can. He’s 25 years older than he … Continue reading →

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Nitwitness (5 of 5)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by sputterpub

So she picks at him and today he hunches, but that matters no more than words. They don’t have time to prolong their hostilities this morning, but if they did they’d soon devolve into arguing about how they argue, she … Continue reading →

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