Category Archives: Aging

Obligated Calls

Posted on July 26, 2022 by sputterpub

I check in with two women every day.They each have health concerns – I feel obliged.I don’t claim to enjoy our talks, but hey –I check in with two women every day.So neither has a pithy thought to say;I’d feel … Continue reading →

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Recidivism

Posted on July 21, 2022 by sputterpub

No sooner did I see some evidenceof gentleness and sensitivity,than she declined to filterless nonsense,and soon resumed obnoxiousness to me.The issue never was intelligence –a potion mixed of acrid jealousy,impatient pique and gossip’s pitchy tarcompounded to infect the way we … Continue reading →

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For Whom I Tote Phone

Posted on July 20, 2022 by sputterpub

My big complaint with kids was all their stuff.I didn’t like to tote the baby gear,and toddlers never seemed to have enoughunless I lugged the bulk. The 7th yearI welcomed – each could organize the thingsrequired or desired when they … Continue reading →

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I Didn’t Change

Posted on July 14, 2022 by sputterpub

I didn’t change, but their perceptions did,now I’m so old nobody’s acting mean.My parents tried to govern me as kid,and peers applied full pressure to this teen.I tried some weak compliance but I failed –it bored and led to self-dislike’s … Continue reading →

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Mixed Feeling

Posted on July 12, 2022 by sputterpub

All of a sudden Madam’s sounding wise.Can she be aging to smart?I’ve gotten so expert at loathe and despise –must I adopt a new art?Just when she’s nearly defeated belief,I’m starting to think I’ll be feeling some grief.

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Odd Couple

Posted on July 5, 2022 by sputterpub

They always were too different to be friends,at first and as they chose their separate ways.Yet mostly they agreed or made amends,repairing several schisms. Their forayskept intersecting, for they shared some ends,until diverging in these latter days.For one’s increased their … Continue reading →

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Profusion

Posted on July 3, 2022 by sputterpub

What can I say that I haven’t already?How can I write that will trigger a thought?Too much assortment is making me heady,not in a manner I ever have sought.

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Still Negative

Posted on June 24, 2022 by sputterpub

Still negative, although I’ve got a cough,and feel fatigue most every afternoon,my chatter with a doctor made me scoff –I’m tired cause I’m out of bed too sooneach morning, and the reason breathing’s offis hanging with a 5 year-old in … Continue reading →

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If You Forgot

Posted on June 23, 2022 by sputterpub

If you forgot some time you meant to keep,although you wrote and may have snapped a shot,perhaps you needn’t criticize. Don’t weep,if you forgot. Your memory is adequate. It’s notinfallible, but stores some visions deepand loses lighter memories a lot. … Continue reading →

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Dwell

Posted on June 18, 2022 by sputterpub

It may be enoughto dwell: to savor todaywithout memory.

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