Category Archives: Cognition

March Medley

Posted on March 15, 2025 by sputterpub

Three members of my City familyhave birthdays, so I need to shift the dateof overnighting (twice) from normalcyto novelty. And one who’s out of statewill mark his seventeenth. I want to beattendant, and I plan to celebratea month from customary … Continue reading →

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No Blocks

Posted on March 12, 2025 by sputterpub

I’m not sure why I find no mental blockswhen I survey inside. For I can spysome body shame, but nothing recall locks.I’m not sure why. Somatic mishaps seemed outside of mycontrol, and as for teenage peerage mocks,they ricocheted and never … Continue reading →

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Remains

Posted on March 1, 2025 by sputterpub

A poet pre-explained her suicide –she lacked the will to edit any more.That resonates a bit. If aging priedmy judgment off or my abilityto edit who I am, if when I triedto modify my attitude I failed,if change in brain … Continue reading →

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? Not !

Posted on February 25, 2025 by sputterpub

Already aiming to move slower now,sidestepping injury without a twist,and trying taking longer speaking (howto end a habit likely never missed?),I’m also noting talking might consistof questions placed in declaration’s stead.The truth is, curiosity’s my gist,and I should match my … Continue reading →

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Side B

Posted on February 17, 2025 by sputterpub

The flip side of anxiety appearsto be imagination. What so leapsto fret, before a threat or peril nears,can be engaged to spin an anecdote,a narrative produced in hemispheresthat generate unchecked uneasiness.A harness might be woven that adheres,and overwrites the nervousness … Continue reading →

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Ending

Posted on January 25, 2025 by sputterpub

The meditation centered on the end –of marriage, friendship, work, a point of view.I sat the mat and tried to spine-extend,directing thoughts while breathing deep, on you.Accepting that our minds have changed, it’s truefor most the set I couldn’t recollectwhatever … Continue reading →

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Evidence

Posted on January 14, 2025 by sputterpub

Admitting that she voted for the jerk,and not for any reason that makes sense,now even with a squinting mind, small workis needed to contest intelligencethat’s avalanched by damage so immenseand early, like a camp-bred refugeebaptized in fear and hatred – … Continue reading →

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Triggering

Posted on January 4, 2025 by sputterpub

I used to justify addictive lapseby focusing on some convenient stress:obnoxious kids; a thankless job perhaps;an obstacle to peace or happiness.The fact is, if I wanted to indulgein too much food, or pot, or nicotine,excuses weren’t hiding. To divulgethe truth, … Continue reading →

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Listening Fail

Posted on December 31, 2024 by sputterpub

She may consider you her closest friend.Her go-to interlocutors are youand most her life her sister. You contend with her enthusiastic points of view,her pacing judgments and her snap advice,the blurts and cold assertions how to do what she would, … Continue reading →

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White Men on the Spectrum with ADHD

Posted on December 24, 2024 by sputterpub

The problem’s clear: no sooner did they testthan autism could everywhere appear,in crania where no one might have guessed.The problem’s clear. And in that diagnostic atmosphere,with ADHD recently assessed,there suddenly seemed cases far and near. Admittedly our situation’s stressed.It’s blame … Continue reading →

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