Author Archives: sputterpub

Brick Pathology (Part 3 of 3)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by sputterpub

Marty marveled at Jane’s ability to be, as Jane herself coined the word: complainatory. She put her feet on the floor and stepped the heating pad switch through its temperature settings to off. “You ready to walk?” Jane smiled and … Continue reading →

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Brick Pathology (Part 2 of 3)

Posted on July 18, 2012 by sputterpub

Jane was not beautiful. Marty had been, and was still quite attractive, and Marty was a fair judge of beauty; she didn’t delude herself about Jane’s looks. To her Jane was lovely but she’d never be a head-turner. She was … Continue reading →

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Watches

Posted on July 17, 2012 by sputterpub

I woke to see tigridias outside my bedroom door: two perfect painted flowers. They bent beneath the heat and would have died, except I took them in to cup the hours of a Saturday in late July. It didn’t matter … Continue reading →

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Brick Pathology (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on July 16, 2012 by sputterpub

If Marty were as resilient as she says, she would have bounced off the brick. If she were as coordinated as she wants, she wouldn’t have lost her footing. If she were as responsible as she thinks, the path wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Lake Winnipesaukee 1957

Posted on July 13, 2012 by sputterpub

My father carved a walking stick for me. He chose a sturdy branch and trimmed it free of shoots and then he whittled carefully my name and figures of geometry. They sat the summer afternoons away, two fathers tall and … Continue reading →

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Narrator (2 of 2)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by sputterpub

Lanie was surprised that so few of her women friends had babies. That so few of the guys had careers. Not only did no one she knew grow wiser with age; the common consensus was that any good idea had … Continue reading →

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Narrator (1 of 2)

Posted on July 11, 2012 by sputterpub

Lanie works in stories. She records episodes in her diary from her experiences or from what people tell her, which makes her remember them, which prompts her to tell them again, better, to others, which often results in others telling … Continue reading →

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Telomerase

Posted on July 10, 2012 by sputterpub

Abnormal cells divide and reproduce, and replicate again without an end. They multiply amok in mad abuse mitotic and chaotic, and so bend ideas of potent immortality, they take the twisted shape appropriate to teeming crowded cruel calamity, like maggots … Continue reading →

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A Little Death

Posted on July 9, 2012 by sputterpub

A raccoon died last night, I think. Actually I’m sure many raccoons died last night, globally, but I’m recording events in the backyard of _____ . That’s where I live. My home is a studio cottage in the garden. It … Continue reading →

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Meeting

Posted on July 6, 2012 by sputterpub

I fell in love at 2:05 PM just yesterday – aware you shut the door, my belly heating and from nowhere phlegm between my voice and air. My thoughts implore you to approach, to cover me, surround my limbs, insist … Continue reading →

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