Monthly Archives: August 2021

TV

Posted on August 21, 2021 by sputterpub

There may be something wrong with me, I know.I turn the TV on and then ignorea quarter of the sound from any showand as for video, there’s even moreI don’t perceive as stimulus. I gofor Austen reenactments (with encore),and classic … Continue reading →

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A Nervous Calm

Posted on August 20, 2021 by sputterpub

Congenitally nervous, like my folks,I’ve never let hysteria hold sway.I counter me with exercise and jokes,uniting mind and body every wayI can and with intention every day.And though I still detect the signs and tics,of late they aren’t problems I … Continue reading →

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Water Level

Posted on August 19, 2021 by sputterpub

So after 12 years off and 2 years on,my mania to bathe begins to slow.It hasn’t disappeared – it isn’t gone.I love to be immersed, and if I knowmyself I always will. That I’d foregotoday surprises me. It’s not the … Continue reading →

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Presents

Posted on August 18, 2021 by sputterpub

A benefit from my diversityof worries (multi-faceted concerns):the many help me duck a tendencyto concentrate on one until I’m ill.As soon as focus hurts (or presently),I shift attention to an other scene.My younger kin provide variety,and sometimes dire smite to … Continue reading →

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Making Do

Posted on August 17, 2021 by sputterpub

In further evidence of climate change,the squirrels are resorting to green plumsas dietary mainstay. It seems strangeto watch them hunt the prunus; hungry bums,they must be famished – fruit once scorned becomestheir diet. See them finish every bit –who used … Continue reading →

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A Gift of Pistachios

Posted on August 16, 2021 by sputterpub

Our mom gave us pistachiosthat couldn’t be outclassed.I meant to make them pose for prosebut ate them all too fast.

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Repetitive Motion

Posted on August 15, 2021 by sputterpub

It doesn’t take book knowledge to opinerepeated movement causes wear at least.Three score and ten convey a sad decline –I know some flexibility’s deceased,and every month my skin becomes more creased.I’m lucky old. I won’t complain or mournsome inner works … Continue reading →

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Regretful

Posted on August 14, 2021 by sputterpub

Once upon a time I misbehaved.I hurt no one but I betrayed a trust.My bad went undiscovered – no one ravedor even scowled – there was not a bustor whimper – every consequence was waived.But rue began to eat my … Continue reading →

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The Whine of the Week

Posted on August 13, 2021 by sputterpub

The smallest state’s equivalent to us –two Senators are what we each elect.So why is there an argument or fusspreserving filibuster? We all knowthe Senate’s anti-democratic, plusRepublicans are weak and seek to cheat.So politicians think they should discussa moribund tradition … Continue reading →

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Variety

Posted on August 12, 2021 by sputterpub

I heard the sprinklers fire while in bed.I rolled supine and opened morning eyesto evidence of rain above my head –the spattered glass of skylights a surprise.Two hundred miles east there’s heat instead,and low humidity, and blood-red skies.We’re California big … Continue reading →

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