Category Archives: Legends

Too Good to Be True

Posted on January 4, 2013 by sputterpub

Once upon a time a story made by some creative poet literal, explained so cleverly it didn’t fade; it fit so well it seemed to say it all. And so the story passed from mouth to ear until another maker … Continue reading →

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Myth

Posted on December 14, 2012 by sputterpub

The man is sky and woman is the earth; the night is bad and daytime is benign; Apollo sun, his sister moon: the birth of these ideas is obvious. Design a unicorn, but make him male and white, and have … Continue reading →

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The Third Charm

Posted on January 27, 2012 by sputterpub

Prometheus put fire at our feet. He taught us to control its smoke and blaze. Then we could warm the night, and cook the meat, and fire pots, and so evolve a ways. And someone sometime stumbled on the wheel, … Continue reading →

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Rapunzel

Posted on January 25, 2011 by sputterpub

     When I was 10 the Shirley Temple Storybook show was on TV every Sunday for awhile, and I was a fan. A bit later my parents gave me the storybook itself, a collection of about a dozen famous fables, … Continue reading →

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Emperor

Posted on January 21, 2011 by sputterpub

     When I was 9 I was asked to leave Sunday School because I became obnoxious about my questions. When I was around 11 I got into a fight with a ruffian, because I kept talking to her on the … Continue reading →

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Musical Chairs

Posted on January 14, 2011 by sputterpub

     When I was around 13 I was immersed in hormones: my own and those of all my schoolmates. What had started in 4th and 5th grades as the occasional crush in the unusual kid then grew prevalent. Everybody was … Continue reading →

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Ugly Duckling

Posted on January 11, 2011 by sputterpub

   When I was 14 I got my period. I was so retarded my mother almost took me to the doctor about it when finally she got to slap my face (gently and with love, in the tradition of her mother, … Continue reading →

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Reward

Posted on December 29, 2010 by sputterpub

    When I was 42 or so, I happened to board the home-going bus behind two chatting people. The woman was first, and she half-turned to her male companion as they entered the vehicle, announcing that she’d finally done it. “It” … Continue reading →

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