Category Archives: Love

A Personal Tragedy in 3 Acts

Posted on April 24, 2024 by sputterpub

The baby triggered his pathology(or that’s the way his arc appears from here).Her birth engendered protectivity,erecting walls that ceiled the atmosphere,that met in peaks to close off light and air,and when the breathless spouse declared them done,the wound re-opened (one … Continue reading →

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Biography of a Partnership

Posted on April 18, 2024 by sputterpub

They both were functional but somewhat strange.She processed puzzles differently than most.And he missed conversational exchange(he smiled but would fail to thank a host).Yet he, in natural bent to engineerand she, abrim most days with earnest thought,communicated well, by eye … Continue reading →

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Mating Game

Posted on April 5, 2024 by sputterpub

I never found a soulmate, but I didn’t search for long.I had no faith his feet were on the earth.I harbored fancies in my head, but facts were always strong,and likelihood was where I lived since birth.The mating game seemed … Continue reading →

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A Brother’s Gift

Posted on March 27, 2024 by sputterpub

I didn’t want the picture-frame device.I never would have bought it for myself.I hinted my reluctance, once or twice,but someone sent it to me anyway(who’s spent a lifetime deaf to my advice).Regifting wouldn’t work – he might have feltlike I’d … Continue reading →

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New Words

Posted on March 16, 2024 by sputterpub

Of course the kids are lovable and bright,but one, who here is nameless, rings my bell.They each caught how to build a sentence rightbut this one utters language awesome well.If they have an idea but don’t know quitethe term to … 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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Preference

Posted on March 11, 2024 by sputterpub

About your love I’m not competitive.This friendship has to have some room for me.Our conversation’s argumentative,and seldom now includes affinity.You sort yourself and so refuse to bedynamic – you won’t grow or even bend.And lately you refute our history.I think … Continue reading →

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Judgment from a Childless Friend

Posted on March 1, 2024 by sputterpub

Although we didn’t plan the pregnancy,we welcomed it with pride and gratitude.And 8 months later, we learned how to beengaged in work more vital than we dreamed –an unremitting labor: infancyto kid to teen, unglamourous and tough.Of course there were … Continue reading →

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You Pay No Mind

Posted on February 21, 2024 by sputterpub

You pay no mind to syllables I speak,although you know I’ve never been inclinedto harness language in a vain technique.You pay no mind. What would it cost? The coin’s not hard to find.The only type of currency I seekis presence, … Continue reading →

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Who Makes the Coffee

Posted on February 13, 2024 by sputterpub

Unsexy wrestling matches, tacit, vain, like who worked harder, who dealt with more stress,became a common thread, a dull refrainthat thrummed beneath domestic busyness.What once had been good talking and directcommunication, clouded with subtext.The friendship love had led us to … Continue reading →

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