Category Archives: Family

Imaginary Arguments

Posted on December 17, 2020 by sputterpub

Afraid to raise a subject with offspringthat could result in argument or breach(not permanent but not a welcome thing),I waited and rehearsed. I didn’t reachthe limit of unease until last night,when need to calm exceeded caution’s rim.With firm resolve I … Continue reading →

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Scary Bright

Posted on December 11, 2020 by sputterpub

The baby was both beautiful and bright,her features delicate, her mind full range.Her parents viewed and hugged her with delight,but then the mother started acting strange.As if afraid of brilliance, or repelledby infant helplessness becoming strengthof will, she marshaled any … Continue reading →

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Gas Attack

Posted on December 3, 2020 by sputterpub

At 20 I was seized with torso pain,affecting breath and posture. At a guess,the doctor said gall bladder ill was plain(which really was bad gas from too much stress).I learned from that how nervous I can be(that’s different from hysterical, … Continue reading →

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TG Day Plan

Posted on November 22, 2020 by sputterpub

The last two years we’ve brought Thanksgiving fareto Portland for that branch of family.But they’ve requested we not visit there,protecting compromised immunity.And then our aged mother asked we spareher risk of sick from love’s proximity.We hear and understand. We think … Continue reading →

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Our Sweethearts

Posted on November 20, 2020 by sputterpub

My family is mostly male, and yetincludes no evidence of gross assaultor rape, or coarse behavior to forget.What tension we perpetuate’s the faultof neither sex. The girls exhibit morebad moods, more snits and flouncing tendencies.The boys are strong and masculine … Continue reading →

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Yay for the Blue Team

Posted on November 18, 2020 by sputterpub

Like any proper toddler, he wants cleardistinctions: black & white and solid lines.Our task as guides is showing him our sphereis not that neat. Existence intertwines,and boundaries are artificial walls.Maturing means we live with shades of gray.Accepting rites, obeying protocols,make … Continue reading →

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Foreknowledge

Posted on November 12, 2020 by sputterpub

“I know what you’re about to say to me.”My father’d interrupt with words like thosewhen we grew heated. Furious I’d be,but almost stopped, amazed at how he choseto interact, predicting wrong, and closethe gate to any chance to understandhis daughter, … Continue reading →

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Needless

Posted on October 16, 2020 by sputterpub

She didn’t know her husband was depressed.She figured they were equals when it cameto planning and resilience. He confessedsome insecurities, but didn’t claimattention that he probably deserved.Exhibiting some anger that unnervedher when they fought, he warned before divorcethe kids would … Continue reading →

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A Good Mail Day

Posted on October 13, 2020 by sputterpub

My regulars got ballots in the mailwhile I awaited mine. It came at last.I carried it inside (the season’s grail),and with it an emotion that surpassedrelief: a postcard sent delivered joy –Arriving with official voting thingswere sentences and stickers from … Continue reading →

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Negligent Evil

Posted on October 8, 2020 by sputterpub

Sure we’re acquainted with incompetence.We think of it as failure to succeed,but left unchecked it’s negligence indeed. We’ve seen it in our exes: lack of senseor sensitivity, and selfish greed –sure we’re acquainted with incompetence(we think of it as failure … Continue reading →

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