Category Archives: Health

Home Stretch

Posted on January 23, 2026 by sputterpub

The circumstance that makes this age so fine,you say, is you can drop the social poseand be yourself. But that’s no goal of mine.I never could be other, and I choseand labored to be truly seen. My lineis not achieving … Continue reading →

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Twenty Twenty-six

Posted on January 17, 2026 by sputterpub

Near ten days into Twenty Twenty-sixI finished with the circum-holidays.The fetes were done, and down were candle wicks,the birthdays celebrated, and the mazeof novelties were solved. I need no fix –I’m feeling fine – I’m readying to blazea path projected … Continue reading →

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Return

Posted on January 12, 2026 by sputterpub

Invited to survey my every sense,I felt a twinge of warning in my spine,the fire on my left, and no offensereceived or sent to others. Peace was mine,and music was the rain – a bit intenseand coursing down the glass, … Continue reading →

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Well Being

Posted on January 10, 2026 by sputterpub

I have a day at home in perfect poise,with lovely rain outside and warmth within.I stretch, and am not bothered by the noiseof others, or complaint beneath my skin.I know the family has food and toyssufficient, and I feel the … Continue reading →

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Answering (L’s Question)

Posted on January 7, 2026 by sputterpub

I’ve lost some friends, I said when I replied.(The question was who do I hang with now).Some moved away, retired, and residein states I seldom visit. Others bowto an infirmity and don’t abideactivity. The saddest have lost howto think or … Continue reading →

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Chest Band

Posted on December 20, 2025 by sputterpub

At 9 pm, a sense of pressure tightacross my chest, as if there were a bandaround my torso, cued my oversight –attempting to find cause and understand,concerned at my advancing age it mightbetoken heart attack. I swiftly scannedthe prior day … Continue reading →

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Comment

Posted on December 19, 2025 by sputterpub

Your brain as a receiver could dispensewith several filters, now you’re fully grown.Perhaps the interventions make you tense,and though noetics aren’t nearly known,a subtle alteration makes some sense –a renovation deep within the bonemay modify your pathways and give pauseto … Continue reading →

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Chatty Local on Wheels

Posted on December 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Of what she needs I waiting overhear –a walker with a seat. Then she dividesher Reese’s Pieces with employees near,while sharing news collected from her rides.She parks her chair on carpet, and it’s clearshe likes to talk. Her presence here … Continue reading →

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Tele-Med

Posted on November 27, 2025 by sputterpub

It’s Tele-Med today that’s crimping me.My morning’s crowded but it could be worse.I must reallocate my energybut I’m at home, and I can pen this versewhile biding for the dialogue-to-be.I tense in offices awaiting nurseor doctor – here I’ve got … Continue reading →

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No Thanks

Posted on November 25, 2025 by sputterpub

“No thank you; I’d just rather stay inside,and hammer out two emails.” I don’t guessthat’s honest but he’s used to veering wideto ratify his sedentariness.I’m sorry (no apology implied,but rather an affectionate distress).It wasn’t for his company I asked,but I … Continue reading →

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