Category Archives: Health

Not Neuro

Posted on August 19, 2019 by sputterpub

Perambulating, sometimes I ignore the views I’m walking through. I organize my errands, screen a daydream, focus more inside than on the scenes before my eyes. Returning to what’s present, I’ve been known to wonder where I’ve wandered. I forgot … Continue reading →

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Fear of Irony

Posted on August 8, 2019 by sputterpub

I used to know a guy who spoke so well he could have been a new Demosthenes, until his brain misfired – like a spell, he lost his speech in agonized degrees. My children’s dad was always into sound – … Continue reading →

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Necked

Posted on August 5, 2019 by sputterpub

At least a score of years ago, I heard I’ve osteo-arthritis near my neck. I tend to clench; I took them at their word, attended therapy, and felt the wreck of nape and jawline start to ease a bit. I … Continue reading →

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Arborism

Posted on July 25, 2019 by sputterpub

While classic symbolism’s long been held for art produced in oil, words, and notes, I saw, I read, I heard and I rebelled. I argued only ignorance devotes itself to elementary attitude, like woman is the moon and man the … Continue reading →

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Silver Lining

Posted on July 15, 2019 by sputterpub

Of course nobody wants catastrophe. For all the drama, everyone invokes affection, peace, domestic harmony, sufficient stimulation. Someone jokes about the time to study jail affords: the space to write a novel in your cell, the limits in the yard … Continue reading →

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Well I Declare

Posted on June 25, 2019 by sputterpub

My triceps ache from picking up those weights. I’ll have 6 hits of nicotine today. I’ll say goodbye to milled carbohydrates, and turn again to pen and keyboard play. I’ll give my legs and patience exercise. I’ll try to ease … Continue reading →

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Skin

Posted on May 23, 2019 by sputterpub

The more I read, the more I learn the lies my cohort fed on, childhood to youth, and through advancing age. It’s with surprise I start to love nutrition’s fatty truth and gape at facts about our insulin long-known and … Continue reading →

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Breath

Posted on January 31, 2019 by sputterpub

Obsessed of late with someone’s stricken lung, impressed with every pulmonary fact I have to learn, has given wisdom tongue I hear, who’s known for years that I’ve ransacked with smoking arrogance my breathing tree. Tobacco first and then the … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Lab Tests

Posted on January 22, 2019 by sputterpub

I thought the fasting rule meant no caffeine; I spent my first three hours coffee-less. I walked in January brown and green and gave up blood and urine for some tests. It wasn’t all that difficult. No bad occurred. The … Continue reading →

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Auto-Shame

Posted on January 15, 2019 by sputterpub

My mother shared her people-watching skills with me, in airports, shopping malls, subways. Conjecturing on strangers gave her thrills; her plans for their improvement would amaze and make me note her subjects were obese – she whispered overloud about their … Continue reading →

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