Monthly Archives: June 2025

Pruned

Posted on June 30, 2025 by sputterpub

Chaotic as that photograph appears,my gard’ner spent last week almost a dayengaged with rake and bucket, broom and shears,and filled two bins with what he cleared away.A neighbor planned and planted it ten yearsago, and now the yard’s a lush … Continue reading →

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Mirror Image

Posted on June 29, 2025 by sputterpub

I’m guessing that she never really meantthose careless words. Some hours afterward,I thought it would be foolish to resentcomparison insulting and absurd.The other’s not alike – if there’s a bentfor acting like my mother, what I heardis incorrect. The case … Continue reading →

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Super Power

Posted on June 28, 2025 by sputterpub

I daily play at solitaire and win,although sometimes it takes me several tries,wherein I vary how I flip a card,so there’s occasion when I re-begin,or skip an easy move. It’s a surpriseto triumph when the dealt array is hard. Go … Continue reading →

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Dream Date

Posted on June 27, 2025 by sputterpub

I woke from Wednesday’s dream at 3:15,and spent some minutes savoring a bit,remembering exciting chat betweenmyself and a companion who seemed fitto self-reveal and seek appropriatedescriptions of my preference and eschewal.I rose to consciousness and had to quit,but hope another … Continue reading →

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A Happy Text

Posted on June 26, 2025 by sputterpub

I’m pleased to read a message from the manwho comes when he has time and when I needsome garden help. I tend it as I can,but lack the tools and heart to prune and weedas much as necessary. Bushes seedabundantly … Continue reading →

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The Hour-A-Day Campaign

Posted on June 25, 2025 by sputterpub

I’ve modified behavior once or twice,and learned some lessons doing so, for sure.When I eliminate a type of viceI have to do refusing daily. Curethat’s positive, adopting something nice,requires that I start it small, endure,and then let doing it supply … Continue reading →

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Cake Remake

Posted on June 24, 2025 by sputterpub

A dream remembered after I’m awakea couple hours, had me with someoneas I prepare a very simple cakethat, in the oven right before it’s done,I realize lacks a needed fat. I’d spunthe mix too rapidly, and left a partbehind. Although … Continue reading →

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Lost Line

Posted on June 23, 2025 by sputterpub

I woke up with a line of poetryresounding, and I failed to jot it down.I opted not to flip the switch at 3,and light the room and make my pupils shrink.Repeating it while sinking back, to seethe next two hours … Continue reading →

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Obsessional

Posted on June 22, 2025 by sputterpub

I met the man when I was seventeen.We argued while our magnetism drewtogetherward, and built some thing betweenus we called love that neither shrank nor grew.In age three seasons older, he had fewideas but cleaved to them. His passing strangeattracted … Continue reading →

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Hot Home Yoga

Posted on June 21, 2025 by sputterpub

So chilly here this morning, though it’s June,I fire up the fireplace. I knowit will be warm inside this afternoon,but want to practice yoga now – the flowand pose and breath will make this body gomore flexibly, and lubricate my … Continue reading →

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