Category Archives: Family

Contagion

Posted on May 21, 2021 by sputterpub

We pay a visit every other day.The residents are not diversified.Most everyone we see is ashen-gray,Caucasian-ancient, female, rheumy-eyed.The corridors are windowless and long.The care is fair but no one’s getting strong.The patient looks I take are dull and dreary.That may … Continue reading →

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Time Leach

Posted on May 20, 2021 by sputterpub

I’ve been so happy with my set-up here,within the writer’s roost I always craved,afforded by the funds I earned and saved. The weather’s soft, the garden’s good, I’m nearall services and also paths unpaved.I’ve been so happy with my set-up … Continue reading →

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Dream Report from a Four Year Old

Posted on May 17, 2021 by sputterpub

My grandson wears an eyemask when he sleeps.His parents have their theories on good rest;they think that vision-stimulation keepstheir kid awake. I’ve watched this pair investin all the gear their research recommends.Of dreams, my grandson tells me with a yawn,he … Continue reading →

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A Meeting with the Care Team

Posted on May 13, 2021 by sputterpub

Today’s a new experience for me.I’ve been so fortunate to reach this agewithout till now the grim necessityto meet a team about a loved one’s care.At 2 p.m. my bro and I will seethe therapists and docs who treat our … Continue reading →

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Calling All Cousins

Posted on May 8, 2021 by sputterpub

My parents were the youngest of their sibs.My dad had older sisters (numbered four).For Mom there’s near nine years between the cribsher sister and herself were put in. SureI have some cousins, but they’re all those yearsahead of what my … Continue reading →

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ICU

Posted on May 6, 2021 by sputterpub

Our mom caught Covid and we’re all in shock(she had the shots and mostly she behaved).She’s in the ICU, and that’s a blockto seeing her. The diagnosis gaveus reason for the falls and the fatiguethat led her kids to worry … Continue reading →

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Recording Relief

Posted on May 4, 2021 by sputterpub

A benefit from daily poetry(less valuable than practice, but still nice)is how the pieces serve as diary(to feel and then record’s like living twice).At times when I reread, the words enticemy memory – provocative technique.Well here’s a little record of … Continue reading →

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Semi-Pathetic Fallacy

Posted on May 2, 2021 by sputterpub

A week ago we had a little storm.The forecast was more promising than true.Some drizzle teased, but we’re too dry and warmfor winter like the seasons we’ve lived through;we have to say goodbye to what we knew.Tomorrow’s strange – I’m … Continue reading →

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Shove

Posted on April 18, 2021 by sputterpub

The Saturday of silence led to talktoday, when no one heard my voice but me.Deciding to buy groceries, the walkto Star and back framed a soliloquy.I processed irks about some family –annoyance at a relative I love.When I got home, … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t Personal

Posted on April 10, 2021 by sputterpub

It isn’t personal. Don’t take it so.They don’t mean any insult or offense.They have their own concerns – I think you knowit isn’t personal. What you term disrespect and feel intenseabout is disregard. They overflowwith prime concerns – their issues … Continue reading →

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