Category Archives: Civics

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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Irrelevant

Posted on November 16, 2020 by sputterpub

Irrelevant is how he’s been to me,a would-be bully powered on hot air.He’s had four years of free publicitywhile wasting us. Nobody now should careabout the raves, his lies, conspiracy,or any argument for playing fair.Please join me in ignoring him … Continue reading →

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BDTR

Posted on November 15, 2020 by sputterpub

Remember Better Dead Than Red?We used to hear the line a lotwhen we were young and war was not,when Communism pulled aheadand battles waged were Cold instead.Well that was long ago. The Wallis gone. Some thought we’d won it all,but … Continue reading →

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Estranged

Posted on November 13, 2020 by sputterpub

I fail to understand, although I’ve tried,why millions of my countrymen supporta leader with no compass, who can’t guide,who won’t seek any wisdom or resortto knowledge, education, open mind,or building bridges virtual or real.I leave attempted empathy behind –today I … Continue reading →

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November Third

Posted on November 3, 2020 by sputterpub

I didn’t write this on November 3rd,but I sure had Election Day in mind(4 dozen months so tragic and absurdhave trained my expectation, and refinedmy wishes to a color and a wordfor oceanic move, for humankind).The coming turbulence will not … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice

Posted on October 27, 2020 by sputterpub

I don’t think he knowshow stupid the show was. Howmany didn’t watch.

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Drop Off

Posted on October 23, 2020 by sputterpub

The ballot done, I sealed the envelope.I signed the designated line with care.And feeling less like some old misanthrope,I sought a way to move it, safe, to whereit will be tallied. I had time to spareand could have mailed it, … Continue reading →

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How I Vote

Posted on October 22, 2020 by sputterpub

We used to mark our ballots while awayfrom home and media, beside the sea,when we were young and married. We would weighthe issues and then vote with certainty. So much has changed. We’re not together now;we’re old but I have … Continue reading →

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