Monthly Archives: May 2025

Customer Disservice

Posted on May 31, 2025 by sputterpub

They charged my card before they shipped to methe earrings they’d expected in two days,and then deferred receipt, apparently,but never notified me so. Their wayshave worsened. Though I waited patiently,I had to call for status (and repays).Five years ago the … Continue reading →

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Dereliction

Posted on May 30, 2025 by sputterpub

There used to be a skating rink downtown,and industry on what would be our MainStreet if no one had named it for renownhistorical, which now has no refrain.There used to be some vibrancy, but brownand gray are waxing as the … Continue reading →

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Tower

Posted on May 29, 2025 by sputterpub

At nearly 3 pm, as one can see,I aimed my vision heavenward, becauseon ground were graduates and family,and further out was myriad with flawsof government and personality,of characters without a moral clause.Immediate appeared to me a wreck,so I looked up … Continue reading →

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The Annual Eye Exam

Posted on May 28, 2025 by sputterpub

To meditation I directed methe morning that I had to leave by 9.I skipped the bike and set myself to bean early walker, opting to assigna meditation for humility.And knowing I’d spend quite a chunk of timeawaiting eye dilation, I … Continue reading →

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Nine Minute Wait

Posted on May 27, 2025 by sputterpub

Nine minutes till the bus is due, to pickme up and help me tote the groceries.I have my phone of course – I now equipmy travels with it for emergencies.But I’ve scant use for its amenities.I watch the kids and … Continue reading →

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Early Errands

Posted on May 26, 2025 by sputterpub

Two nights ago as I lay down to sleep,I contemplated chores that I could dothe next day or the next, for each would keep –immediate was no demand I knew.Then rising early, I’d the mood for twobefore my exercise, and … Continue reading →

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Chew Chew

Posted on May 25, 2025 by sputterpub

A train of thought has left the roundhouse now –the pistons slowly push connecting rodsas someone reading journals ponders howmalfeasance rose so steadily, and nods,connecting episodes. Did school allow,by triggering contempt? What are the odds?The train accelerates with fuel to … Continue reading →

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Flies Sound Nervous

Posted on May 24, 2025 by sputterpub

While I detest the wasp, that either stingsor bites, for it will dine on plants or meat,and hate the sound inside that’s made by wingsof a mosquito near my bed or seat,the source that often irks, of insect things,upsetting solitude … Continue reading →

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Smarmy

Posted on May 23, 2025 by sputterpub

When both the kids were ordered to the shrinkbecause of misbehavior school-detected,the first psychologists they came to thinkmoronic and dishonest. We expectedmuch better then we found, and soon rejectedthe ones who self-described as “special friend,”the ever-sympathetic and affected.It’s rare to … Continue reading →

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Defiance

Posted on May 22, 2025 by sputterpub

Rereading what I wrote when he was bornand till he left our home, I see how sweethe was before preschool. They set to warnus then of angry fits, when he’d defeattheir socializing systems with his scorn,rejecting time-outs like an obsoleteresponse. … Continue reading →

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