Category Archives: Personality

My New Salon

Posted on September 17, 2024 by sputterpub

Like most, when we were told to stay inside,it interrupted hair cuts for a while.Accepting that, embracing germicide,I let my gray hair grow, and soon no stylegave me new ideas (and anyway,who saw?) In time some cuts resumed – by … Continue reading →

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Small Changes

Posted on September 16, 2024 by sputterpub

I’m moving slower, but it’s not becauseI’m older or in pain or feel unwell.Avoiding careless injury and flawsin attitude – now grace begins to gelin me – a microchange in every cell.The dashing never won me any boon –it only … Continue reading →

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Confidence (Again)

Posted on September 14, 2024 by sputterpub

Of course I’ve tried to change behavior morethan once, and more than once I’ve likewise failed.What felt like stubbornness then made me sureto try again – I’m worth the work entailed.But I’ve seen others flunk and hit the floor –they … Continue reading →

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Confidence

Posted on September 12, 2024 by sputterpub

It may be confidence that powers meto venture on a course with diligence.It’s other than will power, certainly;it may be confidence. It doesn’t hurt to have experiencewith earlier campaigns, but presentlyI think success comes mostly from a sense that self … Continue reading →

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Warning

Posted on September 9, 2024 by sputterpub

In dream I acted an entitled bitch.In fact I don’t veer very much that way,but am I wholly lacking a trait whichI criticize in some and might displaya microbit at times? It’s time to switch –I rose with aim and … Continue reading →

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Bookless

Posted on September 7, 2024 by sputterpub

My Kindle’s fully charged, but not with me.Now I must bus and train and bus without.I have a phone app but it’s hard to see.I feel too well to voice complaints aboutthis lack. It gives me opportunityto veer from habit, … Continue reading →

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Group Dynamics

Posted on September 1, 2024 by sputterpub

I understand there’s power in a crowd.A company can consummate a job.For good or ill a faction may be loud:at best a rally and at worst a mob.But I’ll admit groups do not ring my bell.I seldom seek a venue, … Continue reading →

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Critical

Posted on August 27, 2024 by sputterpub

Disdainful of the plotting and for sureembarrassed at what scripts make actors do,I guess I can’t take zany any more –at least not movies streaming billed as new.Becoming a curmudgeon? At my core,I don’t believe those syllables ring true.Instead I … Continue reading →

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Denial

Posted on August 24, 2024 by sputterpub

She voiced opinion, and she made it strong,but couldn’t elevate it to correct.She always hikes her tone when she is wrong,so much it’s come to be what I expect.She has no clue how it was to belongin me – no … Continue reading →

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An Unreliable Narrator

Posted on August 18, 2024 by sputterpub

Of course I listened to my mom at first;I spent that time with her, and I was young.But over years I found she was the worstconveyor of emotions given tongue.She harmless seemed, but her pathologywas never given voice or even … Continue reading →

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