Category Archives: Aging

Many Steps

Posted on June 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Intending yesterday to walk todayto work, a trek I’ve made a time or three,I went to bed and rested, but the waymy legs at 3 am appeared to be –a little stiff and almost sore in knee –encouraged that I … Continue reading →

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Presbycusis

Posted on June 9, 2025 by sputterpub

Refusing hearing aids (we don’t know why),the conversation suffers even morethan when it simply angered me to cry(unfiltered and so harsh she was before).No matter how on telephone we tryto garner sense, it’s ever trending poor.In person even we can’t … Continue reading →

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A Long Way Along

Posted on June 5, 2025 by sputterpub

Deliberately I walked a longer route,and shopped before embarking on the train.My need for exercise became acuteand happily I added steps. No painwas dogging me and yes, my aging brainreceives from ambulation benefit.At night I’ll run TV to entertain,but afternoon … Continue reading →

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Tower

Posted on May 29, 2025 by sputterpub

At nearly 3 pm, as one can see,I aimed my vision heavenward, becauseon ground were graduates and family,and further out was myriad with flawsof government and personality,of characters without a moral clause.Immediate appeared to me a wreck,so I looked up … Continue reading →

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Nine Minute Wait

Posted on May 27, 2025 by sputterpub

Nine minutes till the bus is due, to pickme up and help me tote the groceries.I have my phone of course – I now equipmy travels with it for emergencies.But I’ve scant use for its amenities.I watch the kids and … Continue reading →

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First Pass Near Complete

Posted on May 20, 2025 by sputterpub

All correspondence now has been reviewed.Though some collections beg to be rereadbefore return to friends as recall food,the bulk is boxed with stuff we’re going to shred.The spiral notebooks where I drafted versethat went to toner and became a post,or … Continue reading →

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Presentation

Posted on May 19, 2025 by sputterpub

Cut flowers haven’t charmed me for a while;they seem an offering that’s bound to die.Perhaps it’s how she lifted them – that smileof affection, toddler-voicing “hi,”but I was glad to take them into mysmall place. I may be entering a … Continue reading →

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Prime Ads

Posted on May 16, 2025 by sputterpub

I’ve streamed for years, confess it’s often Prime,and now they’ve added ads I try to miss.I see and sense some frames, and note that timehas little changed who pays to bust my bliss:New cars and car insurance while I piss,but … Continue reading →

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Bone Bits

Posted on May 15, 2025 by sputterpub

An article was tossed last week at me,as if an eavesdropper was paying heedto current thoughts of biochemistryand what to counter fragile I might need.I gave the offered words attentive read,and even after buffing them with salt,they prompted questioning how … Continue reading →

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Memory Test

Posted on May 14, 2025 by sputterpub

We didn’t mean it as a recall test.I showed her mail postmarked in ‘69,the subject a close friend of hers, distressedby teenage kids. We watched her read each line,but grasp no recollection to assignthose characters. We shifted then to seekher … Continue reading →

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