Category Archives: Health

Enough Already

Posted on June 9, 2023 by sputterpub

Last week I had to rest my foot so much,that though I read and screened, and tried to findsome ways to use time well and stay in touchwith news, I’d little other on my mindthan getting back to walking. That … Continue reading →

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While Icing

Posted on June 8, 2023 by sputterpub

On Tuesday last, before I left my place,I iced my slowly-mending foot again.I thought the wound was healing, but the paceof my recovery was dismal-slow.I had to be upright to wash my face,to brush my teeth, to necessary-walk.My age retards, … Continue reading →

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For the Record

Posted on June 7, 2023 by sputterpub

The benefit to penning notes like these(most days a rhyming form of diaries)is I can scan the posts I’ve left behind,and let those metered syllables remindme clearly of a symptom suffered, whichI thought might be forever. So the itchpersistent on … Continue reading →

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Static Strategy

Posted on June 6, 2023 by sputterpub

What can I do, when weather’s cold and grayalthough we’ve passed the very end of May,and age requires weeks instead of daysto mend a little injury? Just praisemy fortune that I have this cozy home,the leisure to compose a little … Continue reading →

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Another Aging Lesson

Posted on June 5, 2023 by sputterpub

Two weeks ago, when first I hurt my foot,I little thought how long I’d be impaired.I wore new shoes and carelessly I putmy step so balance went, discomfort flared.And probably I should have then bewaredand stopped my forward motion, sat … Continue reading →

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Harsh

Posted on June 1, 2023 by sputterpub

He says his ego died but that’s a lie.He claims he’s not depressed – we don’t see howthat statement can be other than a try.He’s prompt to self-aggrandize even now,and though the damage showed him how to cry,his posture doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Limp Reminder

Posted on May 22, 2023 by sputterpub

Misstepping as I exited my yard,I skewed my foot and let its outer sideimpact the ground. My landing wasn’t hard –I tried to walk it off and not abidean injury – but something must have priedapart, a little metatarsal thing.My … Continue reading →

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First Aid

Posted on May 20, 2023 by sputterpub

Returning home I wouldn’t raise the shade,although it wasn’t hot at ten past noon.Awake at five, I did odd jobs and playedwith kids for hours. Then I waited forthree forms of transportation, that conveyedme home amid track closures and the … Continue reading →

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Distraction

Posted on May 19, 2023 by sputterpub

Forgetting what you left the room to dooccurs at every age, but frequencyincreases – every senior knows that’s true –and doesn’t seem as funny recently.Confusing hand and mind, so that you threwthe coffee grounds away that ought to bearrayed beneath … Continue reading →

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Learning to Live with Leisure

Posted on May 14, 2023 by sputterpub

I lately have a lot of leisure time.Retirement first freed a chunk for meto travel, read, solve puzzles, work on rhyme,and sample ways to slow declivity.Pandemic damped down my society,and grandkids aged to need me less at play.Hiatus at my … Continue reading →

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