Author Archives: sputterpub

True Falsity

Posted on September 6, 2013 by sputterpub

If you were taller, muscular and smart, successful and creative and with hope of having fun, and opening your heart to happiness and the kaleidoscope of possibilities, then I’d be yours. If I were more secure and driven less, if … Continue reading →

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Nasty Girls (2 of 2)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by sputterpub

Laura found Bonita exotic but Nancy kind of liked Chula Vista. Laura’s house was close to the school and felt almost metropolitan with traffic. Her brothers were younger and didn’t bait them like David did. Her parents rarely fought. But … Continue reading →

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Nasty Girls (1 of 2)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by sputterpub

Nancy and Laura were nasty little girls, and they developed into nasty teens. Laura figured out how to masturbate when she was four. That’s when her hand explored her groin deliberately, that’s when she recalled the sight in the pediatrician’s … Continue reading →

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Otherworth

Posted on September 3, 2013 by sputterpub

You thought you could control your love affairs. Well didn’t you, assuming thought at all? But you in charge meant you grew bored. Your prayers for keeping passion up you doomed to stall. I know because my history reflects a … Continue reading →

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Quiet Fire

Posted on September 2, 2013 by sputterpub

I’ll celebrate your birthday for a week: kindle you with toys and sweets, pick and offer food and wine, tend your theories, rub your feet, love your body heart and head with mine. And when our celebration ends, we’ll seek … Continue reading →

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Apart

Posted on August 30, 2013 by sputterpub

I wonder you’re so present in my mind; your body bides a continent away, and our connection’s never been the kind to prompt the lust I feel for you today. But I’m imagining suggestive speech, I’m fantasizing fired ecstasy, consumed … Continue reading →

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Child’s Play (3 of 3)

Posted on August 29, 2013 by sputterpub

Kim and Jen were about a hundred yards up the sloped street from the tree. “Wow,” they understated simultaneously. It was their first agreement of the day. They began walking back to investigate the accident. Their progress was slow for … Continue reading →

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Child’s Play (2 of 3)

Posted on August 28, 2013 by sputterpub

Cloud cover thickened and the light turned strange. Greenish. Jen’s pale red hair grayed under it. Kim glanced from that hair to her eyes as they resumed walking. She saw Jen look sideways at her. She watched the freckled face … Continue reading →

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Child’s Play (1 of 3)

Posted on August 27, 2013 by sputterpub

Kim stopped to let her dog sniff agapanthus. “The question is,” she intoned downward, “who learns more, the teacher or the taught?” “That’s one question, anyway.” “It’s the one that interests me right now.” She could tell Jen wasn’t into … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Stood Up

Posted on August 26, 2013 by sputterpub

You want me to admit my imperfection, but how can I confess I’m never what I never claimed to be? It’s your selection of me as a gypsy must be shut away as incorrect. Admit? Too weak for me, for … Continue reading →

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