Author Archives: sputterpub

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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Condescension

Posted on May 21, 2025 by sputterpub

When I was 5 and guided by a nurse,escorting me upstairs for surgery,and taking me confused to something worse,she forward-bent, with palm upon her kneeand asked me how I was, addressing meby name resembling mine but not correct.I loathed her … Continue reading →

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First Pass Near Complete

Posted on May 20, 2025 by sputterpub

All correspondence now has been reviewed.Though some collections beg to be rereadbefore return to friends as recall food,the bulk is boxed with stuff we’re going to shred.The spiral notebooks where I drafted versethat went to toner and became a post,or … Continue reading →

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Presentation

Posted on May 19, 2025 by sputterpub

Cut flowers haven’t charmed me for a while;they seem an offering that’s bound to die.Perhaps it’s how she lifted them – that smileof affection, toddler-voicing “hi,”but I was glad to take them into mysmall place. I may be entering a … Continue reading →

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Raising Consciousness

Posted on May 18, 2025 by sputterpub

That 20 minute morning walk, I triedto notice where I went and felt, insteadof concentrating on ideas I spiedreviewing journal entries. In my headI wandered, while each 8-pound weighted treadwas made amid air springtime soft and sweet.I caught a train … Continue reading →

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Eugenics

Posted on May 17, 2025 by sputterpub

She chose the father with some care, and yetit’s evident he came with temper flaws.For decades she has chosen to forgetsome coldness and obtuseness, giving pausein early scenes, but the genetic setwas never viewed as dominant, becauseshe favored nurture over … Continue reading →

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