Author Archives: sputterpub

Memory Test

Posted on May 14, 2025 by sputterpub

We didn’t mean it as a recall test.I showed her mail postmarked in ‘69,the subject a close friend of hers, distressedby teenage kids. We watched her read each line,but grasp no recollection to assignthose characters. We shifted then to seekher … Continue reading →

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Proactive Angst

Posted on May 13, 2025 by sputterpub

I felt so bad 3 days ago, I fearedI’d have to cancel all my plans this week.Exhausted and beset by something weirdI tried remaining calm, but I’m a freakfor worry, and my peace of mind was spearedby symptoms that I … Continue reading →

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Irrigation

Posted on May 12, 2025 by sputterpub

At half past 6 I went downstairs, and movedthe switch to “Run” to run the water here.For though the garden cannot be improved,the soil I can see is looking sere.I turn the system on this time each year,and now I’ve … Continue reading →

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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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