Category Archives: Aging

Flawlets

Posted on December 16, 2025 by sputterpub

My place has stood for over four score years,and wasn’t built that carefully to start.So though I’m soft and thoughtful, it appearsto often show some problem. I take partmaintaining, and repair’s not in arrears;the restoration six years past was smart.But … Continue reading →

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Fitful Sleep

Posted on December 13, 2025 by sputterpub

Suggesting how to yodel, in a dream,the older woman said, “just watch my chest.”It sunk a bit as she let fly a streamof alternating syllables. I guessedI heard – for sleep is subtle and no themeemerged as I awoke from … Continue reading →

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Incipience

Posted on December 7, 2025 by sputterpub

Five hundred words or twenty minutes spent,whichever limit is acquired first,is all I plan to ask. That’s an extentattainable, for even with no burstof brilliance, I’ll transfer the tales I meant,by posing prose in paragraphs unversed.In sixty days or so … Continue reading →

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Intention 2026

Posted on December 5, 2025 by sputterpub

I sputtered, cut, and muttered for a while,but learned before that went on for too longthat few would need protection from my style.Retreating then to concentrate on song,and modifying efforts with a smile,I came to realize less and less was … Continue reading →

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Filtering Advocation

Posted on December 3, 2025 by sputterpub

She’s always known some personalitieswho seem to lack a filter from the brainto speech the mouth emits, who fail to freezetheir phrases as intentions entertaina purpose or direction. She’d uneasemost times they blurted, but she’ll now refrainfrom comment, catching self … Continue reading →

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Tele-Med

Posted on November 27, 2025 by sputterpub

It’s Tele-Med today that’s crimping me.My morning’s crowded but it could be worse.I must reallocate my energybut I’m at home, and I can pen this versewhile biding for the dialogue-to-be.I tense in offices awaiting nurseor doctor – here I’ve got … Continue reading →

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No Thanks

Posted on November 25, 2025 by sputterpub

“No thank you; I’d just rather stay inside,and hammer out two emails.” I don’t guessthat’s honest but he’s used to veering wideto ratify his sedentariness.I’m sorry (no apology implied,but rather an affectionate distress).It wasn’t for his company I asked,but I … Continue reading →

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Overlook

Posted on November 24, 2025 by sputterpub

I doubt my days are numbered, even now,but sometimes I assemble sundry fears –not catastrophic, but a lowered how,diminished why, enfeebled what appears.Fatigue encroaches and a pallor nears,and though I don’t detect a plummet yet,it may be life is numbering … Continue reading →

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Next Big Thing

Posted on November 22, 2025 by sputterpub

For Twenty twenty-four, I spent each daya little time on Spanish, or a lot.The next year I decided to make wayto modify food intake. And I gotfair progress in both projects, though I’d sayI need continuance – arrived I’m not.But … Continue reading →

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Temporary Immunity

Posted on November 20, 2025 by sputterpub

Some friends complain of brain fog now and then.I must admit I don’t know what they mean.My only reference to that state was whenI long ago gave up the nicotine(the feeling: dull but brief and in between –a hard-to-focus view … Continue reading →

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