Monthly Archives: May 2017

Another Path

Posted on May 3, 2017 by sputterpub

Isabel has been trying to imagine what her life would have been like if she hadn’t divorced Jack. They were a year out of college when they married. It was 1972, the venue was Fairfax, in Marin County, and the … Continue reading →

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Accessories Before Dispensaries

Posted on May 2, 2017 by sputterpub

(20th Century History) I self-assigned a poem and chose a form that makes the work a contest for my brain. I need fourteen to constitute a quorum, and they must dance and sing in fit refrain. So here’s a sonnet … Continue reading →

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Metering Mama

Posted on May 1, 2017 by sputterpub

I get it that Mama is building a myth – accordingly I’m being shushed. Her hand up between us, she glares at me with her hateful impatience. I’m crushed, as if I were younger than 60 years old, but I’m … Continue reading →

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