Monthly Archives: October 2014

TMI

Posted on October 17, 2014 by sputterpub

I know you’ll flinch and say it’s TMI but gifts of insight need be sung aloud, so I’m compelled to demonstrate: to try to pause a butterfly or catch a cloud. The core of me was clogged by years of … Continue reading →

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Genesis (III of III)

Posted on October 16, 2014 by sputterpub

By the end of that first morning, four individuals dropped out of the program. Two of them complained of back pain, and the others said the lecturing put them off. The rest of the group was fully involved in the … Continue reading →

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Genesis (II of III)

Posted on October 15, 2014 by sputterpub

For the next hour, they led the group in gentle exercise. Now she, then he, often both together, took the assembled class through systematic relaxation and muscle awareness, on to stretching and limbering movements, and finally to light calisthenics. They … Continue reading →

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Genesis (I of III)

Posted on October 14, 2014 by sputterpub

She brought her yogurt to the porch and watched the sunrise pink ahead of her. It was going to be too warm to work in the afternoon; she figured she’d go to the site soon. Then her husband appeared in … Continue reading →

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Diary

Posted on October 13, 2014 by sputterpub

Before I read my pages I could think I knew, but now I see it was the year my mother had us paint the kitchen pink, and neighbors moved back in, when I appear determined to take off detested weight, … Continue reading →

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Partners (1997)

Posted on October 10, 2014 by sputterpub

My partners are my fondest enemies, their smiles empty and their eyes opaque. Each settles duller while she atrophies. They pose as personalities but fake emotions, long forgetting how to feel. They’ve never thought to blaze an honest way. Each … Continue reading →

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Lipologue (3 of 3)

Posted on October 9, 2014 by sputterpub

That Thanksgiving she met Larry. She knew she wanted to give him her virginity as soon as they started dating; she was that grateful for his attention. She needn’t have been – anyone could have told her that she looked … Continue reading →

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Lipologue (2 of 3)

Posted on October 8, 2014 by sputterpub

She started to diet. She bought calorie counters, exercise books, and magazines. She tried to fast but found it too punishing. She tried to exercise but it was boring and uncomfortable. She loved starting diets, because it was easy to … Continue reading →

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Lipologue (1 of 3)

Posted on October 7, 2014 by sputterpub

For 94% of her life, Sheila has been fat. She started out extremely small but she caught up and passed the growth chart averages by the time she crawled. Hers was a premature birth, in 1975. She surprised everyone by … Continue reading →

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Bathroom

Posted on October 6, 2014 by sputterpub

My favorite room is where I take my bath, eliminate all waste, and shed old skin. In silver water I submerge my wrath. A gulp of water cleanses me within. More vivid are my bathroom memories than those of any … Continue reading →

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