Category Archives: Personality

Not Without My Coffee

Posted on December 23, 2024 by sputterpub

Awakened in the cottage where I spendmost Friday nights, abruptly jarred alert,I read the warning on my phone, discernedthe time, and promptly heard another blurtof urgency, to move avoiding hurt,to where the family was massed inside.But I brewed coffee ere … Continue reading →

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Default Faulting

Posted on December 15, 2024 by sputterpub

Expecting inattention all aroundfrom neighbors who seem mentally unkempt,I’m never stunned – this is no battleground,but I’ll admit to harboring contemptdeployable the second signs are found.But when there’s evidence that will preemptmy caustic thought, I’m swept with sweet surprise.A mote … Continue reading →

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Wrapping Me

Posted on December 13, 2024 by sputterpub

It took 3 days at home for me to rest.The punch lists have been checked and tossed away.Some tasks remain, it has to be confessed,but there’s a clearance present for today.And though I’ll have to shop and then to payfor … Continue reading →

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Amateur Sociopathy

Posted on December 9, 2024 by sputterpub

An edge of irritation’s lurking now.Perhaps I’ve been too patient recently.Six days away, among those I allowa lot of latitude, my energyinvested in attending carefullyto people passionate and needing morethan effort earns or luck bestows. I see500 miles ahead my … Continue reading →

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Semimorphosis

Posted on December 6, 2024 by sputterpub

I miss my chrysalis, she seemed to say,retreating to her room or deeper yet,into her closet-bed, to spend the day(again) with all the comfort she can get.This person not a child, not adult,no longer male but neither female yet,awaiting pharmaceutical … Continue reading →

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No Encomia No Suggestions

Posted on December 4, 2024 by sputterpub

I really don’t want testimonialsor compliments. I don’t need your adviceto guide me how to take what never thrillsmy heart, which you have proffered more than twice.No more do I desire prompts from youor urging to acknowledge graciouslya lot of … Continue reading →

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Pedestrian Power

Posted on December 1, 2024 by sputterpub

As far back as my memory extends,I’ve liked to be in my own room, withinmy home. But I soon learned my joy dependson leaving to return to origin.Appreciation rests on change, and spendsin wasting sediment. What’s more, I winreal ownership … Continue reading →

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Her Nastiness

Posted on November 28, 2024 by sputterpub

A specialist in negativity,she’s honed her attitude for 60 years.Her nasty childhood pathologyinspired her toward safety, it appears.In love and life she chose to blunt her fears,which bored her and embittered how she thought.Her pretty face has twisted, and her … Continue reading →

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Bucket Cup

Posted on November 25, 2024 by sputterpub

I got reminded viewing my own verse.I read some lines I drafted just last week,and triggered memory that could be worse,regarding images I’ve set to seek.I’m nothing medical, yet I can nursetoday intention that is not uniquefor me but cherished. … Continue reading →

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Uneasy

Posted on November 19, 2024 by sputterpub

Uneasy when there was no quick reply:she’d flown across the continent, and Ijust longed to read my girl had safe-arrived…And also, Mom had fallen. She survived,but even tearing skin, at ninety-nine,is serious, and so concern was mine.When she did not … Continue reading →

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