Category Archives: Aging

Setting a Low Bar

Posted on September 5, 2024 by sputterpub

The ℞ for today is laying low –my hips are tight; my shoulders now complain.My stamina for walking says to slowit down, and here’s a Thursday to refrainfrom any extra effort. I’ll regainmy vigor soon – right now I’ll give … Continue reading →

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Me and the Spider

Posted on August 29, 2024 by sputterpub

Again surprised at sensitivityfrom muscles I thought I’d well exercised…I chased a spider. Now I get to beagain surprised. She scurried on my sheet. I recognizedher leggy form and smashed her fatally.Today my quadriceps are compromised. I move with stiffness; … Continue reading →

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On the Threshold of Wisdom

Posted on August 26, 2024 by sputterpub

I’m trying when I transit through a doorto whisper to myself encouragement.My kid says stepping on another floorcan reset active memory. I’m benttoday on bending better, and what’s more,I’m not averse to stretching my extent.It’s worth a week’s attempt. It’s … Continue reading →

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Dundasana

Posted on August 25, 2024 by sputterpub

A spine’s a stick but mine feels petrified,unlimber in the lumbar, and the neckresists smooth move like it’s solidified –the top and bottom of my rod’s a wreck.I’m tired of the cautions I have triedbut not about to quit them. … Continue reading →

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View from a Bus Stop

Posted on August 23, 2024 by sputterpub

Too bad the bus is 16 minutes out,but walking doesn’t seem advised to do –this pain at base of spine is not a shout,but whispers so persistently I’m throughwith further ambulation. And it’s truethis bench is nice and so’s the … Continue reading →

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Wary Not Weary

Posted on August 22, 2024 by sputterpub

The neck is almost loose again, but warnsme on occasion to keep taking care –it shoots an upward stab of pain, like thornsembellish aging disks that harbor there.My tongue is nearly healed at tip, from whereI bit it stressed and … Continue reading →

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Off Schedule

Posted on August 21, 2024 by sputterpub

I thought I wouldn’t have the time, and thenthe puzzles almost solved themselves today.I might have pushed the pedals once again,till language study stole an hour away.But I can do some yoga now, and whenI leave I’ll work my legs, … Continue reading →

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Newly Anxious People

Posted on August 19, 2024 by sputterpub

My oldest friend reported yesterdayanxiety she never felt before(I always sensed it, but I couldn’t sayas much – she cherished laid-back image more).It’s now progressed too present to ignore,and seems to me from cognitive declineendured without resistance, save a whine. … Continue reading →

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Symptom Report

Posted on August 16, 2024 by sputterpub

A shooting pain propelled me out of bed.The left side of my neck objected whenI tried to pillow-shift my waking head.I register fresh neck ache. But insteadof starboard stab begun 5 days agothat slowly seemed to ease, the problem’s spread,and … Continue reading →

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Calcification

Posted on August 14, 2024 by sputterpub

From what I’ve seen (especially in men),the aging process seems to calcifythe spirit. There’s a lack of oxygenin attitude, unreadiness to tryamendment, a diminishment, and thena petulant rebuff to modify.I watch attempts to cling to history.I can’t change you, but … Continue reading →

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