Category Archives: Family

Age Gauge

Posted on August 2, 2022 by sputterpub

My daughter says what makes her feel her ageis when her brother’s birthday comes along.Her younger sibling constitutes a gaugecorrecting self-impression. Is she wrong?I think not, as I read a likely page,and excavate a lyric from her song.My baby brother’s … Continue reading →

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You’d Better Modulate

Posted on July 29, 2022 by sputterpub

You’d better modulate, for you’ve been blessedvoluminous, as passion’s candidate.The need is obvious if seldom guessed –you’d better modulate. You brim with heat and stagger under freightof truths so loud they beg to be expressed.But whispers carry more attentive weight. … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Project

Posted on July 25, 2022 by sputterpub

Their shelving held four years of sundry stuff,from books and games to cartons sent by stores.The family with more than twice enoughbought bigger shelves with basket drawers and doors.While parents drove to fetch, we said we’d comb –the 5-year old … Continue reading →

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Recidivism

Posted on July 21, 2022 by sputterpub

No sooner did I see some evidenceof gentleness and sensitivity,than she declined to filterless nonsense,and soon resumed obnoxiousness to me.The issue never was intelligence –a potion mixed of acrid jealousy,impatient pique and gossip’s pitchy tarcompounded to infect the way we … Continue reading →

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For Whom I Tote Phone

Posted on July 20, 2022 by sputterpub

My big complaint with kids was all their stuff.I didn’t like to tote the baby gear,and toddlers never seemed to have enoughunless I lugged the bulk. The 7th yearI welcomed – each could organize the thingsrequired or desired when they … Continue reading →

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The Houseguest

Posted on July 18, 2022 by sputterpub

My 5-year old best buddy spent the night.Among the stuff he brought – a cuddle friendas long as he, he toted, bedded, whiteand orange, sleepy-faced, and at the endabandoned, on departure out of sighta moment, left for me to apprehend.It’s … Continue reading →

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Mixed Feeling

Posted on July 12, 2022 by sputterpub

All of a sudden Madam’s sounding wise.Can she be aging to smart?I’ve gotten so expert at loathe and despise –must I adopt a new art?Just when she’s nearly defeated belief,I’m starting to think I’ll be feeling some grief.

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Buffer

Posted on June 28, 2022 by sputterpub

Morose comes close to capturing the toneI first encountered entering their place.Initially the mood, in loading zone,was almost joyful, and the greeting facewore happy looks from mouth to curving eyes.But when we left the car to eat our foodI sensed … Continue reading →

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A Saturday Down

Posted on June 26, 2022 by sputterpub

I flew away from home and then took ill.At first I thought it was the edibleI chewed so fast, but as fatigue went onand as the cough increased, it came to dawnon me I wasn’t free to sit and bea … Continue reading →

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Always You

Posted on June 25, 2022 by sputterpub

You showed that grumpy passion as a child,and even now you’re pushing 46your attitudes are anything but mild,and I no longer hunger for a fix.You’ve always been yourself – uniquely styled:impatient and decisive and a mixof hot and cold, of … Continue reading →

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