Category Archives: Love

Portal Take Two

Posted on August 11, 2022 by sputterpub

That bedtime call we’ve both come to expectdid not go well. Devolving to a bawl,his parents moved to sternly disconnectthat bedtime call. I’ve known the boy since he was four months small,and as his visage crumpled, I felt wrecked.Aflood with … Continue reading →

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On She Who Would Be Loved

Posted on April 29, 2022 by sputterpub

Her sister’s plan seems odd to both our wits,but we decide to live without a man,so we see strategy that contradictsher sister’s plan. Continuing cohabitation’s spanis destined for more punishment, and bitsof bitterness. We’d rather watch a ban. But we’re … Continue reading →

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Her Thanks

Posted on January 14, 2022 by sputterpub

It only took her nearly 50 years(but that’s okay – I didn’t hold my breath)to realize “Mom” is not what she appearsto be, in culture, stories, fairytales.(I never set my course to garner cheers,but I remembered mother-fails and hurt,and acted … Continue reading →

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Your Vacation

Posted on December 30, 2021 by sputterpub

That now and then I bore myself is true.It doesn’t mean a lack of self-esteem,but just that I’ve grown stale in point of view –perspective skewed’s a muddy, raveled seem.Of late the one who’s tiresome is you;your unoriginality’s extreme.So though … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Grace

Posted on December 27, 2021 by sputterpub

I gave up Bah and Humbug years ago,when I imagined cold without Noel.No longer do I rant at how we throwour time to shop the way these times compel.But yesterday my heart began to grow –with warmth and care I … Continue reading →

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Moving Words

Posted on October 14, 2021 by sputterpub

I watched his mother ask if he was pleasedI’m visiting tomorrow. He replied“Of course. I love her” – simple words that squeezedmy heart with pleasure like his toddler hug.(My lust for true affection was appeased –this happened in our FaceTime … Continue reading →

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Surplus Plus

Posted on October 6, 2021 by sputterpub

I always knew I’d marry and I thoughtI’d have a baby to complete my life.I wedded N and soon we had a daught-er followed by a son, but time as wifewas not vocation I could well sustain:I fantasized my husband’s … Continue reading →

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Marriage PR

Posted on September 3, 2021 by sputterpub

I’m sure you’ve known some couples like his folks –long-married, incompatible, and old,no longer sharing attitudes or jokes,their interactions silent, often cold.The husband seems an easy-going guy.The wife appears judgmental, brusque, or sad.You wonder they’re together – how and whydoes … Continue reading →

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Day 8

Posted on August 9, 2021 by sputterpub

Five lovely days with 5 I like a lot,and then an afternoon amid 4 more,all finished with a Sunday brunch we gotwhere Mom’s recovering – back on her floorbut slower, with a walker – not a chorebut still a stressor. … Continue reading →

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Lost Love

Posted on July 12, 2021 by sputterpub

Don’t love you enoughto argue any longer.It’s time to quit now.

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