Category Archives: Neighborhood

Bad Ending

Posted on August 16, 2026 by sputterpub

The lunch that I looked forward to was great:good company, cool ambiance and foodso tasty I loved every bite I ate.I after Muni’d west in lovely mood,and just as fun as I’d anticipatewas baking with the grandkids. Gratitudewas brimming, but … Continue reading →

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Adderall Drawl

Posted on August 11, 2026 by sputterpub

Proceeding southward on my block, I crossedthe intersecting street ahead of twoyoung women turning right behind me, lostin talk I heeded as I led them througha second right turn. Now a thought I tossedwas they were pacing squarely, like some … Continue reading →

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Gratuity

Posted on July 19, 2026 by sputterpub

Magnificent as mountain vistas are,commanding as the ocean tends to be,I seldom have to travel long or farto be enchanted with the sceneryencountered walking in my neighborhood,in shades of weather-tempered greenery.I stride with butterflies. The ways are good.I pocket nature’s … Continue reading →

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Good Job

Posted on July 10, 2026 by sputterpub

To all who said they’d never change, I writeannouncing that the bins were handled well,and costs that I reported just last nighthave been repaid already, truth to tell.To my own mind so apt so long to swellwith pique and scorn … Continue reading →

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Bad Juju?

Posted on June 25, 2026 by sputterpub

The tenant who inhabits upper frontacts selfish and entitled more than not.Complaining to an owner, she was bluntand rude. If she has style she forgotto show it. She was raised to be a snot –her single mom’s permissive, passive, false.But … Continue reading →

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Sooth

Posted on June 21, 2026 by sputterpub

It’s not majestic ocean on display.No mountain top provides wide-angled view.A canyon isn’t carved and can’t conveyby marbled walls and caverns glimpses toprehistory. Instead my mundane wayis common and pedestrian. In lieuof spectacle, what soothes my eyes and feetis dappled … Continue reading →

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Detour

Posted on June 18, 2026 by sputterpub

I’m nodding to unusual today.The rest of June and even some Julywill be irregular. Across the bayI won’t be much. I’ll pack a bag and fly.I’ll dine on different food and watch a playI hope to like. And maybe I’ll … Continue reading →

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Eye-Catcher

Posted on June 8, 2026 by sputterpub

I walk to BART the way I like it best,long-striding with a mostly-empty mind.Beneath my shirt I wear a weighted vest.I savor work accomplished, not inclinedto re-employ as yet. My feet arrestmy forward motion – gratified, I finda panorama beckoning … Continue reading →

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3 AM

Posted on June 4, 2026 by sputterpub

It isn’t perfect here, although it’s good.The atmosphere’s not dark enough at night.So much illuminates the neighborhood,the view’s not midnight-blue through my skylight.At 3 a.m. no stars beguile my sight;I probably could read without a lamp.An eyemask doesn’t suit – … Continue reading →

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First House

Posted on May 23, 2026 by sputterpub

Enduring 90 minutes medically,when 20 would have served all issues well,I left the place a grateful escapeefrom patient posture and attempted sellof medicines no doctor can compel.Full happy to be ambulating fast,I took the route by where I used to … Continue reading →

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