Monthly Archives: October 2014

Standard Time

Posted on October 31, 2014 by sputterpub

The light we set to saving in the spring we only borrowed; now we must return it so the southern hemisphere can bring its crops to readiness, its skin aburn. We fall this weekend back. We get the hour sacrificed … Continue reading →

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Night Vision

Posted on October 30, 2014 by sputterpub

I went to bed too early, so I dreamt vignettes all night as if my history were made of shorts: remixing trite with tribulation; splintering delight with thorny iterations and retorts. So I beheld the boredom of my youth, saw … Continue reading →

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Timid & Fray (Finish)

Posted on October 29, 2014 by sputterpub

They both had Johns. Jeanie’s had been such a close friend in college that he stood up with her, her man of honor, when she married Keith. They’d been what is now called “friends with benefits” then, and they saw … Continue reading →

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Timid & Fray (Start)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by sputterpub

Jeanie raised her kids ass-backwards. She managed to produce a hesitant mousy male and a daughter who’s always spoiling for a confrontation. She’d like to blame it on Keith’s genes but it’s environmental. And even though Keith was around more … Continue reading →

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Arachnidoma

Posted on October 27, 2014 by sputterpub

How like a spider I become of late: how vigilant, and light upon my feet. I carry fourteen times my body weight upon a clue of gossamer, as neat as mercury. Renewing my own bed at least six days a … Continue reading →

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Three Wishes

Posted on October 24, 2014 by sputterpub

It took me near five decades to decide exactly which three wishes I’d select, but I am ready now – I’ve trued and tried assorted theories and I don’t expect to change my mind, arranged to best receive the favors … Continue reading →

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Sudden (End)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by sputterpub

Lily and I caught up at lunch, so we discussed our now-big boys. But she has a daughter too, and Gen has provided her with three grandsons. Like my boys, Gen’s sons are technically Jewish (through their mother), culturally yiddische, … Continue reading →

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Sudden (Middle)

Posted on October 22, 2014 by sputterpub

I’ve had loss but it was more natural than this one. My parents are both dead, but they lived to their eighties. A few of my friends have died (climbing accidents, drug overdoses, AIDS) but those tragedies were decades ago … Continue reading →

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Sudden (Beginning)

Posted on October 21, 2014 by sputterpub

I guess I’ve always been oriented toward females. I mean, I was a normal active boy, totally uninterested until puberty kicked in, but ever since then yes, I’ve wanted to be with a girl. Sure I’ve had a few fantasies … Continue reading →

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A Picture of My Father

Posted on October 20, 2014 by sputterpub

As frail as foam dissolving on the shore, as light as August chaff upon the air, my father stands between his sisters, more ancestral than alive. So pale and spare he seems to me, among contagious age, I want to … Continue reading →

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