Monthly Archives: May 2018

DMV

Posted on May 8, 2018 by sputterpub

I don’t possess a car. I seldom drive, but I renewed my license even though I’ve no intent to use it – I survive enjoying walking mostly where I go. But DMV said all they’d need to see is how … Continue reading →

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Hard of Hearing

Posted on May 7, 2018 by sputterpub

“What do you want from life?” she asked. He said “To live with you, smoke ganja every day, and dance in sunlight naked.” But instead of simple listening, she found a way to make his words motif and metaphor that … Continue reading →

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Presence

Posted on May 3, 2018 by sputterpub

I held my sense in fairly high esteem when I was 21. I thought I knew myself and him, for I distinguished seem from is and ought. If anything, I grew indignant when I felt I wasn’t heard. I needed … Continue reading →

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The Interrupters

Posted on May 1, 2018 by sputterpub

My fingertips feel odd sometimes. They’re cold I note they weren’t so before, or numb when I sleep cheek-compressed – the way I hold them tightly there – or weakened in the thumb. My hands have lost all fat, and … Continue reading →

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