Category Archives: Cognition

Reflection

Posted on May 14, 2026 by sputterpub

Commuting home last night, I saw the signreflected backwards in a window pane.And I read “Bears” in every rounded line,the B reversed but otherwise so plainI couldn’t unsee it. “2169″was nothing obvious – I can’t explainwhy even after reading it … Continue reading →

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Compounding

Posted on May 9, 2026 by sputterpub

Again I learn I’ve only to begin,to start a train of thought, to ponder, mull,without concern about an originor end, and though the engine isn’t fullat first, I feel the innards start to spin,the pistons push, and there’s a miracleof … Continue reading →

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Nonsensical

Posted on May 2, 2026 by sputterpub

I find it difficult to notice sights,although I’m not as senseless as the folkI walk among. Perhaps it’s youth’s delightsdistracting, but I often yearn to pokea back or interrupt a gaze at phonewith “Pay attention,” not barked stridentlybut low, suggesting … Continue reading →

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Fundament Exposed

Posted on April 26, 2026 by sputterpub

Conversing with a fundamentalist,I wasn’t shocked to learn he got his newsfrom other streams than where I swim, and missedhow good are many hearts. Then too, he viewsfew people face-to-face, for he eschewsthe buses, trains and planes I frequent here.A … Continue reading →

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Behavior

Posted on March 28, 2026 by sputterpub

Behavior reckoned age-appropriate,appareled and accessoried just so,comporting as our culture deems most fit,requires sense I never seemed to know,compliance that in soul I didn’t grow.And even now I don’t possess the gauge.I boggle at where expectations blow.Consistently, I fail to … Continue reading →

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Spider

Posted on March 25, 2026 by sputterpub

The toughest type of solitaire I playI often start six times before I’m done.But sometimes I undo, and that’s the wayI chose to go this morning. Was it fun?Perhaps that’s not the word for it today,but I declined to back … Continue reading →

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Adulation

Posted on March 23, 2026 by sputterpub

I cannot comprehend celebrity.Oh, I get heroes, who prioritizetheir ethics over self, humanitybefore success, but only feel surpriseat interest in one’s sexualityor clothes or how they really want their fries.To sing a song or act won’t rock my mind.But maybe … Continue reading →

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Discordance

Posted on March 8, 2026 by sputterpub

A conversation Thursday night revealedour different comprehensions of a term.The morning afterward enlarged the field –a friend insisted, vehemently firm,we both were wrong. That evening I appealedto yet a fourth. He guessed, until a germof dictionary definition grew.Apparently none understood. … Continue reading →

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Historiculture

Posted on March 7, 2026 by sputterpub

As pages mount, the fruit of daily draft,they water shoots of memory, from seedsimplanted in soft banks that guide a raftdown streams that swell with melt no dam impedes.The passages reveal as work proceeds;now differences in characters appear.I plan to … Continue reading →

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Angling

Posted on February 24, 2026 by sputterpub

I’m casting back to 43 years old,the age my youngest is, and as I lookaround for recollections lines might hold,I feel I need some substance for the hook.I may not find good memories to bookunless my research yields what I … Continue reading →

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