Author Archives: sputterpub

Better Than

Posted on March 3, 2024 by sputterpub

Although I didn’t sleep enough last night(awake from 3 to 5, I read a lot),and though I had a headache near my right-side temple, I’m discovering I’m notperforming poorly. Finding that I’ve gotsufficient stamina for exercise,sufficient brain and less of … Continue reading →

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More Ocean Breathing

Posted on March 2, 2024 by sputterpub

A bladder of burlap has settled on shore,a sandbag that’s lost all its fill.With each ebbing wave it’s inflated once more –then breakers deplete it untilit’s flattened on sand and conforming to floor.So I am inspiring, withdrawing, to spillmy exhalation … Continue reading →

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Judgment from a Childless Friend

Posted on March 1, 2024 by sputterpub

Although we didn’t plan the pregnancy,we welcomed it with pride and gratitude.And 8 months later, we learned how to beengaged in work more vital than we dreamed –an unremitting labor: infancyto kid to teen, unglamourous and tough.Of course there were … Continue reading →

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Sycamore

Posted on February 29, 2024 by sputterpub

Encountering a bole of sycamore,it stopped me as it often has before.I touch its textured bark, its patterned scalelike camouflage or puzzle pieces, palebeneath and shading gray to green. It’s planeelsewhere, and pollarded in parks, but rangefrom root to upward, … Continue reading →

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Pro Anxiety

Posted on February 28, 2024 by sputterpub

Her meanness can’t be keeping her alive,but maybe it’s the boon anxietyunmedicated prompting her to thrive.Last night I screened a documentaryon Xanax and its kind, that let me seedisquiet triggers minds to process more,while meds depress the brain’s activity,and steady … Continue reading →

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Positively Negative

Posted on February 27, 2024 by sputterpub

As often as I don’t know what to do,a little time permits some clarity.And though I’m still without an active view,the path I’d shun cedes all opacity.I’m certain then where I don’t want to be,like out tonight for food and … Continue reading →

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Slow and Gentle

Posted on February 26, 2024 by sputterpub

I think I might have balanced overlongon my left leg (I wobble since the dayI misstepped on my stairs – I’m not as strongon port as starboard), for it’s with dismayI sense an ache in hip, a twinge that’s wrongin … Continue reading →

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Anticipating Today’s Matinee

Posted on February 25, 2024 by sputterpub

I want a play that’s more than talking heads.Aboard for stagecraft and a gripping plot,impressed with how the sound and lighting shedssignificance, I think today I’ve gota ticket to performance that will notbe boring. They may give me what I … Continue reading →

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A Hill

Posted on February 24, 2024 by sputterpub

Ahead of me the asphalt arrows, steep,appearing nearly vertical. I ridethe flat approach a little scared, but keepon pedaling – I’m fit and fortifiedby habit, knowing push-and-pull appliedrepeatedly – just fast enough to stayupright – will take me up a … Continue reading →

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Lethargy

Posted on February 23, 2024 by sputterpub

I vote because I can, I should, I must.It’s like a centerpoint of legacy.But to be honest, it’s with some disgustthat I complete the ballot currently.When young I read it close and carefully,but sliding sideways now upon a slopeof venal, … Continue reading →

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