Author Archives: sputterpub

City of Light

Posted on May 22, 2012 by sputterpub

Describe the light, insists the prod within, that makes the city famous. Paris lit electrically, like varnish on live skin, does not impress this visitor a bit. But something in the valley of the Seine makes sunlight feel two miles … Continue reading →

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DOMA

Posted on May 21, 2012 by sputterpub

“There’s no doubt about it. Just look around you. Gay couples obviously make the best parents. They’re the ones adopting the older kids and the mixed race babies, and look how well they do.” “Come on – it can’t be … Continue reading →

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Snit

Posted on May 18, 2012 by sputterpub

I chipped away at chores the last three days, collected calm and tried to do things right. I watched my mouth in speech and eating ways, so why are my green trousers feeling tight? That doing right repays me well … Continue reading →

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(S)laughter

Posted on May 17, 2012 by sputterpub

“I’m sorry, but I just don’t like your laugh.” “What do you mean?” “I’ve tried to get over this, but it irritates me. It sounds phony.” “Phony? How can you say that?! If I were putting it on, don’t you … Continue reading →

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Morpheus

Posted on May 16, 2012 by sputterpub

Insidious as time is, sneaking days by us, accumulating weeks to years, digesting us entirely in ways a snake would envy (how it disappears like clockwork – now is then and will is would), that powerful is Morpheus, that steep, … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm V (V Parts)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sputterpub

Evie had to have surgery on the ankle. They put a pin in it and couldn’t promise a complete mend. As part of her hospital care they ran a bone density scan and she learned that she does have some … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm IV (V Parts)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by sputterpub

After she told me about the molestation I realized that Evie dated Jessie’s weight gain from then. And maybe it was a classic case of using fat as sexual defense. But it might just have been self-medication and a way … Continue reading →

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Oppositives

Posted on May 11, 2012 by sputterpub

The qualities that fired us to bond at 17 encourage us to nap at 55. More powerful than rhino horn were common tastes; between our nods we agitated love alive. “Too cool!” “Get out!” We each the other’s sentence could … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm III (V Parts)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by sputterpub

That was the day I learned about the molestation. I don’t know why Evie never told me about it when it happened, but we sat down with coffee right after Jessie stomped off and Evie started talking. A decade earlier … Continue reading →

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Sarchasm II (V Parts)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by sputterpub

The shock to me about Jessie, when I noticed her a year ago, was her size. She has thick mahogany hair and a creamy complexion, but all I saw was body. For a person who started out so small and … Continue reading →

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