Monthly Archives: March 2024

Aged Appetite/Mulish Mind

Posted on March 31, 2024 by sputterpub

She wants a burger every time we trya restaurant we haven’t been to yet.The menu has some options that could fly,but she’s uncomfortable – her mind gets seton ordinary fare, and she’ll forgetthat sandwich is too loaded to be fun.She’ll … Continue reading →

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Personal Safety

Posted on March 30, 2024 by sputterpub

Am I secure? My daughter asked last week,who runs and bikes and hikes alone, for pureunsullied pleasure, smart and never meek.Am I secure? Her path was barricaded then, for surethere’d been a random stabbing near the creek.A homicide dictated a … Continue reading →

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A Wash of Love

Posted on March 29, 2024 by sputterpub

I rode BART after sunset Wednesday night,my body tired and my brain adrift,and realized I was feeling quite all right.I gazed at others, and I sensed a liftof love for everyone within my sight.Sensation washed inside me like a gift,and … Continue reading →

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How to Flush

Posted on March 28, 2024 by sputterpub

I’m old enough to laugh in lieu of blush,but I just learned the proper way to flusha toilet I have owned for seven years.I understood the tank, and how no gearsassist in operating the device,but no installer gave me some … Continue reading →

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A Brother’s Gift

Posted on March 27, 2024 by sputterpub

I didn’t want the picture-frame device.I never would have bought it for myself.I hinted my reluctance, once or twice,but someone sent it to me anyway(who’s spent a lifetime deaf to my advice).Regifting wouldn’t work – he might have feltlike I’d … Continue reading →

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Absence of Trellis

Posted on March 26, 2024 by sputterpub

The wood above the fence of brick was old.Some slats were sprung, and ivy compromisedits verticality and too its hold,but still the trellis partially disguisedthe low part of the house I recognizedas rightful building in a neighbor’s yard.With that in … Continue reading →

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Fortnight

Posted on March 25, 2024 by sputterpub

I should have been away but must delaya journey north, while loved ones’ viral loaddiminishes. Those five will be okay,but I’d be risking much in their abode,and company would likely discommodethe ill, as much as they are used to me.For … Continue reading →

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Look What’s Leafing

Posted on March 24, 2024 by sputterpub

Although we’ve changed the clocks, and daffodilsamid new tulips spice the yards nearby,and morning birds greet sunrise with their trills,and former dormant insects start to fly,the sight that tokens springtime to my eye,impressing and engendering beliefrenewal isn’t dead, is how … Continue reading →

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Deckoration

Posted on March 23, 2024 by sputterpub

Between my room and office spans a deck.Above it looms a eucalyptus treethat often drops its leaves and leaves a wreckat times with sap and seeds or twig debris.But not till last week did I ever seea limb so large … Continue reading →

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Survival Strategies

Posted on March 22, 2024 by sputterpub

If we review our early history,and recollect survival modes that youand I deployed, we’ll witness strategy.If we review… And when we isolate the chosen clueto navigate young trauma, mysteryis shallow – diagnosis is see-through. We understand what worked for you … Continue reading →

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