Category Archives: Civics

Lame Duck Season

Posted on December 23, 2020 by sputterpub

The CEO of cowards is a rat.He never was a winner – he’s a wimp.We’re looking at a drake that has a limp. Resembling the mean guy in a fratwho hazes with the morals of a pimp,the CEO of cowards … Continue reading →

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Pan Future

Posted on December 20, 2020 by sputterpub

When we’re beyond this virus, will we lookat all the agony that we’ve endured,and then conclude that, really, what it tookwas waiting to by pharmacies be cured?And for the next disease that sweeps the worldby global interaction, must we duckinside … Continue reading →

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2 Blue

Posted on December 15, 2020 by sputterpub

Historically, I don’t stay down 3 days –I may feel sad but nothing like depressed,and after 60 hours blue, the phasewears off regardless of how much I’m stressed.All Sunday and through Monday I obsessedabout our public health, economyand independent businesses. … Continue reading →

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Gas Attack

Posted on December 3, 2020 by sputterpub

At 20 I was seized with torso pain,affecting breath and posture. At a guess,the doctor said gall bladder ill was plain(which really was bad gas from too much stress).I learned from that how nervous I can be(that’s different from hysterical, … Continue reading →

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(Year) End in Sight

Posted on December 1, 2020 by sputterpub

I never lived a stranger year than this:beset by dire virus we don’t fight;our so-called leaders dim as we witnesstheir derelictions flaunted in plain sight;the CEOs and generals remiss;our institutions fraught and breaking right.And I’m so slow it takes all … Continue reading →

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Lootin’ for Putin

Posted on November 30, 2020 by sputterpub

I’m still addicted to the nightly news,and not surprised to hear that 45attempts to wreck the lobby, and abuseas much as possible while we evicthim from the white hotel. We won’t excusethe damage, but we can’t restrain the rat.We grit … Continue reading →

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My Humble Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2020 by sputterpub

Concluding long ago God must be greatenough that It would never act as lowas human emperors, I didn’t hatereligion but I knew too much to throwanthropomorphic attitude around.A deity deserving of respectwould not require foreheads on the groundor posture bending … Continue reading →

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Political Awakening

Posted on November 27, 2020 by sputterpub

I guess since I was 6 and heard my dadsay he would not vote for the President,I started understanding grownups hadtheir differences about our government.But everyone agreed democracyand righteous fairness is our legacyand fortune, sharing values deep within –Americans at … Continue reading →

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Yay for the Blue Team

Posted on November 18, 2020 by sputterpub

Like any proper toddler, he wants cleardistinctions: black & white and solid lines.Our task as guides is showing him our sphereis not that neat. Existence intertwines,and boundaries are artificial walls.Maturing means we live with shades of gray.Accepting rites, obeying protocols,make … Continue reading →

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‘Lection Lessons

Posted on November 17, 2020 by sputterpub

I felt so humbled as I watched returns,accepting that I hadn’t any clueto how the half who voted for him work.I’ve failed to feel and write someone who spurnsthe facts for magic thinking, and the truefor Puritan simplistic blue-law murk. … Continue reading →

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