Category Archives: Coronaverse

After the Appointment

Posted on February 21, 2021 by sputterpub

I took my first vaccine shot late last week.There were no lines, confusion, stress or pain.According to my friends, that’s not unique –preceding me, I hear no one complain.The media reports are scary, bleak.They agitate the heart and rock the … Continue reading →

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Leaving Lockdown

Posted on February 19, 2021 by sputterpub

I just found out I’ll leave my house for daysnext month, and move in with my child’s kid.It’s near a year since I have parted wayswith customary habits. I’ve been bidto care a little more and close for oneI’ve sheltered … Continue reading →

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Say What?

Posted on February 16, 2021 by sputterpub

The challenge in writing a poem every dayis sometimes I really have nothing to say.For though I’ve been blessed with a vigorous brain,and learned at age 6 how to self-entertain,I’m dwelling in an isolated state.I interact with few, and only … Continue reading →

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The Appointment

Posted on February 15, 2021 by sputterpub

It came to pass on day three thirty twoof lockdown. Someone jabbed my upper arm.Although I thought no shot would fix this flu,and harbored doubts about the speed and tests,as soon as my appointed time came through,I felt my stress … Continue reading →

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40 Feet on 40 Days

Posted on February 14, 2021 by sputterpub

Near 700 years ago, there ragedBubonic plague some people named Black Death.The cause and too the remedy engagedthe best and worst of minds. What stole the breathand rotted nodes was neither understoodnor cured – the smart defense was keeping clean,avoiding … Continue reading →

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Plague Thoughts

Posted on February 11, 2021 by sputterpub

Bubonic plague took millions and enduredfor centuries, to varying degrees.Apparently it wasn’t ever cured,but hygiene and less crowding brought decrease.World population dropped by near a third,allowing the survivors bath and breeze.I wonder: Did the sufferers receiveremedial advice they could believe? … Continue reading →

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Don’t Just Say No

Posted on February 5, 2021 by sputterpub

Distrusting where conflicted interests tend,we say avoid appearance, even thoughthere’s evidence our characters can wendthrough complicated thickets. Stop and Goare terminals with infinite between.Black & White are easy on the eyescompared to every shade of gray that’s seen,but really, we’re … Continue reading →

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Death Goes On

Posted on January 29, 2021 by sputterpub

Besieged by plague 300 days and more,confined by house arrest and shut away,we’re trying to comply, though we abhorthe masks and empty restaurants. We prayfor rescue by the science, and ignorethe claims of idiots. But yesterday,amid the myriads that Covid … Continue reading →

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The Cookbook

Posted on January 28, 2021 by sputterpub

The gift I got comprised a treasure chestof goods that S and I can put to usefor recipes we dearly love to test –low-carb desserts of egg, erythritol(or allulose, which we think works the best),and flours milled from anything but … Continue reading →

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Doom

Posted on January 26, 2021 by sputterpub

Remembering the radiation burna worker suffered when his plant misfired,and how it shocked my consciousness to learnthat doom can be as silent as it’s dire,concealing symptoms while it works within,and killing surely though it takes some time…although we still have … Continue reading →

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