Category Archives: Aging

Resulting

Posted on February 4, 2025 by sputterpub

I tried for moderation while away.I slowed, digesting sight instead of treat.In storing fresh impressions every day,I moved with care my mouth and hands and feet.Refraining from opinion, to delaya rush to judgment that would fail to meetsuccess or help … Continue reading →

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Old Benefits

Posted on February 3, 2025 by sputterpub

Surrounded by degrees of discontent,amid affection spotted with disdain,I recognized and angled to presenta difference in perspective. To refrainfrom an attempt to teach, beseech, or train,I sought instead to read from my own page.With softness, I said “try to entertainsome … Continue reading →

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Contemplation

Posted on February 2, 2025 by sputterpub

Last night I took some sanctuary time.I sat receptive and congenial,and what I felt I cannot call sublime,but I experienced familiar pull.And tears from long ago then rinsed my eyes,enhanced my meditations, counseled me.What filled my thoughts presented a surprise,and … Continue reading →

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Eariness

Posted on January 29, 2025 by sputterpub

A doctor once advised me not to pokean item less than elbow-size in ears.Detecting solid wisdom in his joke, I took his point to heart. That was 10 yearsago at least, while he removed the waxI’d grown (that syringe brought … Continue reading →

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Slower!

Posted on January 27, 2025 by sputterpub

Intending to reduce my speed in mostendeavors, I assume that age will serveto aid me toward that goal. I used to boast(at least within) at work and walk, aswerveand weaving through obstructions, like a hostof foes would block me but … Continue reading →

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Waxing Symptoms

Posted on January 26, 2025 by sputterpub

Immersing in my bath last week, a weirdsensation was occasioned for my head.It felt like water in my ear, appearedto be a drainage failure, but insteadof dripping out, no posture I tried clearedthe painless situation. When I readand someone peered, … Continue reading →

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Ending

Posted on January 25, 2025 by sputterpub

The meditation centered on the end –of marriage, friendship, work, a point of view.I sat the mat and tried to spine-extend,directing thoughts while breathing deep, on you.Accepting that our minds have changed, it’s truefor most the set I couldn’t recollectwhatever … Continue reading →

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Mailbox Security

Posted on January 24, 2025 by sputterpub

The mail collection box was modified.What’s been a pull-down door is now a slotthat won’t accept a package or a widetransmittal of much paper. I did notattend to changes recently applied,but terrorists and vandals lost their shotto push a bomb … Continue reading →

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Precovery

Posted on January 19, 2025 by sputterpub

I am not ill. My brother didn’t sharehis cold with me. And others failed to spillthe germs that recently seem everywhere.I am not ill. Though I’ve a knee that warns me to instilldue caution how I move, it’s only fairappreciating … Continue reading →

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My Old Mountain

Posted on January 17, 2025 by sputterpub

Near three score years ago I crossed this spanto leave my parents’ home and live apart,apace at 17 to run the planof university and make my start.I little guessed (it happens no one can)where I would plant my future and … Continue reading →

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