Category Archives: Personality

Check

Posted on April 27, 2026 by sputterpub

I’ve overloaded Mondays recently.What used to be a rest is growing jammedwith crunches, bins, and print activity.Add shopping, and I feel a little slammed.There’s verse to write and edit, and latelya dose of weekday prose has been programmed.Complaining is a … Continue reading →

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Fundament Exposed

Posted on April 26, 2026 by sputterpub

Conversing with a fundamentalist,I wasn’t shocked to learn he got his newsfrom other streams than where I swim, and missedhow good are many hearts. Then too, he viewsfew people face-to-face, for he eschewsthe buses, trains and planes I frequent here.A … Continue reading →

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Her Left Shoulder

Posted on April 24, 2026 by sputterpub

Arthritis in her shoulder on the leftis causing chronic pain the doctors treatwith shots of cortisone for now, but cleftis the prognosis – time may soon defeatthe steroid – surgery is probable.For now, she’s lifting less and often seeksaccommodation. Getting … Continue reading →

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Negativity Drop

Posted on April 22, 2026 by sputterpub

My friends predicted what did not occur.“You never know,” they promised, but I did.No urge to drive or shop arose to stirmy energy, and as for being ridof one who should have sheltered and endorsed,and comforted and guided me with … Continue reading →

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He’ll be Okay

Posted on April 21, 2026 by sputterpub

He’ll be okay though recent news is tough,and he was sadly challenged yesterday.He has experience with this rebuff.He’ll be okay. Resiliency will surface, come what may,and he has love and resources enough.I reared him, and I’ve nothing new to say. … Continue reading →

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Ungracious

Posted on April 5, 2026 by sputterpub

“I’ll graciously bow out,” the message read,“unless you all agree to change the date.”But what the writer meant to say, instead,was “I’m too stressed and I won’t modulatemy petulance. I’ve tried adult of late,and now I need to throw a … Continue reading →

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Sprawl

Posted on April 1, 2026 by sputterpub

I tripped a day ago, but didn’t falltoo hard. Encountering a sidewalk crack,I stumbled two steps angling to a sprawlon dirt and weeds beside the concrete track.I’m pleased to note I didn’t strain my back;I broke no bone, although I … Continue reading →

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Abstinence

Posted on March 30, 2026 by sputterpub

It isn’t just possessing extra time,though I am old and clearly doing less.I always got some leisure; I’d a primedirective to indulge myself, I guess.I read so much and viewed it as no crime,I picked the English major to addressmy … Continue reading →

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Behavior

Posted on March 28, 2026 by sputterpub

Behavior reckoned age-appropriate,appareled and accessoried just so,comporting as our culture deems most fit,requires sense I never seemed to know,compliance that in soul I didn’t grow.And even now I don’t possess the gauge.I boggle at where expectations blow.Consistently, I fail to … Continue reading →

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Brain Food

Posted on March 3, 2026 by sputterpub

Eschewing news, disdaining gossip sites,and solving all the daily puzzles fast(the algorithm varies those delights –today’s were simply easy), I’ve a vastamount of time before this day has passed –short office work and writing is in view,but if some knowledge … Continue reading →

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