Author Archives: sputterpub

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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Political Poem

Posted on July 5, 2012 by sputterpub

Our state put subdivision on the map, invented traffic arteries, suburbs, redesignated dead end cul-de-sac and made the freeways frequent. It disturbs the symmetry – our huge diversity a manatee that tips a dish of prawns that cluster near Long … Continue reading →

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The Key (2 of 2)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by sputterpub

A big part of the problem was Jeannie herself. Her head. They had to tread carefully around this one. The report did mention her aneurysm; it says the accident was definitely the direct cause of the concussion, but all parties … Continue reading →

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The Key (1 of 2)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by sputterpub

It was a freak accident. It never should have happened. The forensic people have finished their work now, and they say it took a perfect conjunction of unlikely events. But the fact is, an office elevator fell last month. And … Continue reading →

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Object Lessons

Posted on June 29, 2012 by sputterpub

Disposed to loving comfort as we age, we rush from work to kitchen, bed or bath, as if a foot massage could manage rage, as if a DVD could blanket wrath. We snooze commute with earphones or we drive with … Continue reading →

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