Monthly Archives: May 2025

Discomfort

Posted on May 11, 2025 by sputterpub

On Friday/Saturday I felt unwell.Discomfort was intestinal, so yes,I had much pain and worry, truth to tell:concerned my future’d altered I’ll confess.I tried to be a patient patient, guessat diet change and read from Web MD.At 4 p.m. relief came, … Continue reading →

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Person Version

Posted on May 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Of late, reviewing letters I once wrote,and journal entries, early poems displayed,I wonder why I saved them but I notethe personality they all conveyed.Consistent and apparently self-made,with language, logic, answering immersion,the character’s complex like a cascade –a cataract of parts … Continue reading →

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Reading Myself

Posted on May 9, 2025 by sputterpub

Intending to devote an hour a weekto sort through paper records and selecta few to keep, provided they’re uniqueand trigger recollection, and rejectthe bulk of piles, files, notebooks, seek-ing diminution after I inspect,I’m reading more the more I lessen shelf,both … Continue reading →

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Rousted

Posted on May 8, 2025 by sputterpub

For months I saw when walking an abodeof tent and tarp and cushion, fairly neat,and large enough to earn its own zipcode,prohibited but countenanced, 10 feetaway from cars. To passing eyes it showed,although the user seemed to be discreet.Some rousting … Continue reading →

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Lush

Posted on May 7, 2025 by sputterpub

Abundant as the garden is right now,some pruning will be necessary soon.I love the look but thought I’d need a plowto get from gate to door this afternoon.I don’t want a machete – that’s not howto remedy this glut of … Continue reading →

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Verbosity

Posted on May 6, 2025 by sputterpub

I’ve tidy-filed papers here for years,and recently I started to dispose.A box of paid-off mortgages and tiersof tax returns were items I first choseto toss, stiff data that I don’t supposeI’ll ever need again. Two boxes full,before confronting signs I’ve … Continue reading →

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Early Decision

Posted on May 5, 2025 by sputterpub

Confronted with the choice when I was young,to garner disapproval speaking out,or listen to my mother, hold my tongue,collecting compliments I have no doubt,I opted to express myself, with shoutif needful but impolitic. A shoveof words I chose instead of … Continue reading →

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Sanity Check

Posted on May 4, 2025 by sputterpub

As much as I feel 23 inside,or 17, or 32, like you,I live in fact, and I don’t want to hidefrom changes that with every year accrue.So I will face my face, accept I’ve lostmuch elasticity and useful fat.My bones … Continue reading →

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Florassortment

Posted on May 3, 2025 by sputterpub

Wisteria compressed by tarpish shade,and every year delayed by trees that stealthe sun, is budding now. And what’s displayedare blossoms in two colors. Purple’s realand white is genuine, for something madea plant bear both, or maybe set to healin time … Continue reading →

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Quibbling

Posted on May 2, 2025 by sputterpub

“You claim you hunger to be seen, but I’mexactly opposite,” she said to me.“You want your loves to understand in timethe inner you, but I’d prefer to beassessed as I portray, like I’m on primeTV, and rock a role.” But … Continue reading →

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