Monthly Archives: July 2025

Consideration

Posted on July 21, 2025 by sputterpub

A friendship that’s endured for 50 yearsis nothing she can easily discard.Despite the boredom, recall perseveres,her losses mount, and losing more is hard.She’d miss the peeving if it disappears;the slight offenses she can disregard.And when she least expects it, something’s … Continue reading →

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Vocation

Posted on July 20, 2025 by sputterpub

I thought I’d write good books when I grow up.I practiced but could not create a plot.And when the stories started to show upin mind, I was impatient and forgotto let the climax build. I rushed and shotthe arc of … Continue reading →

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A Birthday Dinner

Posted on July 19, 2025 by sputterpub

The meal was fabulous: the room a treat;the service timing perfect; and the food?Each course was palate-present and a meetcompanion to the wine and talk. My moodwas light and loving, interaction sweetbut never cloying, sharp but nothing rude.Of dinners I’ve … Continue reading →

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Leaving Relief

Posted on July 18, 2025 by sputterpub

Outside the skylights each day of the weekI had a view like this, and often noise.The former roofers lacked the right technique,and bankrupted. My neighbor now employsa local crew to make the roof not leak.They’re nearly finished. Soon what now … Continue reading →

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Not So

Posted on July 17, 2025 by sputterpub

Asserting that a story humbly toldabout oneself is surer to succeed,she narrated her anecdote but rolledthe end to pride about her fitness. We’da walk ahead to which each had agreed,and after she rejected extra weight,we set forth and, in minutes, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday

Posted on July 16, 2025 by sputterpub

Like coming home when I’ve been tasked away,embracing peace and savoring the quaintarray of charms these cubic feet convey,I’m reveling in absence of constraint.I had to bind myself, until today,in disciplines not worthy of complaint,but just enough obnoxious that I’m … Continue reading →

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Morning Song

Posted on July 15, 2025 by sputterpub

The chorus of raptors is raucous today.I noticed the noises at 8.Accustomed to few and infrequent, the playof timbre in timber was great.I didn’t hear crows and I witnessed no flight,but whistle-like calling was strong.It set my attention and hearing … Continue reading →

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An Altered Monday

Posted on July 14, 2025 by sputterpub

I’m glad to note, the lumbar twinge perceivedwhen I arose today, diminished soon.And inconvenience lab and doctor peevedme with, will probably inspire thought.No doubt some novelty will be achieved,experienced through slightly altered state.And data will be gathered that’s believedof use, … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s Favorite

Posted on July 13, 2025 by sputterpub

I must have been preferred when I was born:desired by my parents, and the first.But Mom was scared and hasty; she was torn between the love and errands. I was nursedby a professional, to scheduled sleep,and bottle-fed, with days and … Continue reading →

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Between Lunch and Dessert

Posted on July 12, 2025 by sputterpub

Returning home from lunching with a friend,I saw the varmint sunning in the yard.I waited for this photograph, to sendan early summer stanza, nothing hardand nothing brilliant – like a greeting cardI’m jotting to convey a note to each,that tough … Continue reading →

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