Category Archives: Health

To My Left Foot

Posted on April 14, 2024 by sputterpub

The benefit to size in leg and footand ankle no one could describe as slenderis sturdiness, for even when I putmy sole down crookedly, it’s never tender,till recently. Recovering from stumble(I didn’t fall), I must have wrenched within.Advancing age reminds … Continue reading →

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Fortnight

Posted on March 25, 2024 by sputterpub

I should have been away but must delaya journey north, while loved ones’ viral loaddiminishes. Those five will be okay,but I’d be risking much in their abode,and company would likely discommodethe ill, as much as they are used to me.For … Continue reading →

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No Worsening

Posted on March 17, 2024 by sputterpub

Is it a sign of wisdom or defeat,to shift the corporate goals from an attempttoward better to resistance and retreat?At what age is a character exemptfrom images that trigger self-contempt?Perhaps at four and seventy (or less),a goal to not diminish … Continue reading →

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After Three and a Half Days

Posted on March 12, 2024 by sputterpub

Self-conscious after surgery, and moreinclined to stay inside than normally(although he’s always liked his bedroom floorand often opts to play internally),I spent some hours in his company,in talk as usual and loving play.I don’t claim that the cure was purely … Continue reading →

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Minor Surgery

Posted on March 9, 2024 by sputterpub

The surgery was recommended now.A minor operation on a kid –enlargement and a skin graft to allowreception of more sound. The parents didconsent – I had no power to forbidand wouldn’t have. But what a stressful day.The hours dragged. I … Continue reading →

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Better Than

Posted on March 3, 2024 by sputterpub

Although I didn’t sleep enough last night(awake from 3 to 5, I read a lot),and though I had a headache near my right-side temple, I’m discovering I’m notperforming poorly. Finding that I’ve gotsufficient stamina for exercise,sufficient brain and less of … Continue reading →

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More Ocean Breathing

Posted on March 2, 2024 by sputterpub

A bladder of burlap has settled on shore,a sandbag that’s lost all its fill.With each ebbing wave it’s inflated once more –then breakers deplete it untilit’s flattened on sand and conforming to floor.So I am inspiring, withdrawing, to spillmy exhalation … Continue reading →

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Pro Anxiety

Posted on February 28, 2024 by sputterpub

Her meanness can’t be keeping her alive,but maybe it’s the boon anxietyunmedicated prompting her to thrive.Last night I screened a documentaryon Xanax and its kind, that let me seedisquiet triggers minds to process more,while meds depress the brain’s activity,and steady … Continue reading →

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Slow and Gentle

Posted on February 26, 2024 by sputterpub

I think I might have balanced overlongon my left leg (I wobble since the dayI misstepped on my stairs – I’m not as strongon port as starboard), for it’s with dismayI sense an ache in hip, a twinge that’s wrongin … Continue reading →

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Getting Down

Posted on February 12, 2024 by sputterpub

My mother can’t get down upon the floor,and up again is even harder still.She’s 98 – you’re 70 plus 4 –the exercise is not a test of skill.It takes exertion that needs more of willthan sinew. Don’t surrender easily.Make up-and-down … Continue reading →

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