Category Archives: Personality

Selfishness (Seemed to Be What’s Right for Me)

Posted on February 20, 2023 by sputterpub

When someone 5 years old assumes the roleof parent to herself, her selfishnessbecomes the theme for every choice she’ll make. If reading fiction grows to be her goal,she’ll opt for English major – nothing lesswill blaze the path through college … Continue reading →

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Shellac

Posted on February 10, 2023 by sputterpub

The mom is doting with the neonates,but once a baby’s aged to six months old,the woman opens up abrupt floodgates –impatience pouring over uncontrolled.There isn’t space then for a child’s hurt,unless the injury needs stitch or gauze.Her offspring grow accustomed … Continue reading →

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Appreciation (A Pushkin Sonnet)

Posted on February 5, 2023 by sputterpub

Existence seems a precious state of being –a rare and lucky possibility,with creatures capable of somehow seeing,to finite age before mortality.I wasn’t born an ant (and that’s appealing) –I’m able to sense consciousness and feeling.I wasn’t doomed to be a … Continue reading →

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Brain Draft

Posted on February 2, 2023 by sputterpub

Accused of thinking she knows everything,she’s smart enough to know that isn’t so.With every step of knowledge furthering,she glimpses how much farther she could go.And when she tries suppressing signs she’s bright,she fails to pull the bushel really tight.The lumens … Continue reading →

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Tints & Tones

Posted on February 1, 2023 by sputterpub

He saw the world in color, but his coursewas black & white cartoonish absolutes.His superheroes had explosive forceand all his villains acted thorough brutes.A man’s a man, and alpha is preferred;a woman misbehaving is a bitch.And so it stood until … Continue reading →

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Peeve (Subjective I)

Posted on January 27, 2023 by sputterpub

The older I become, the more I hatebehavior impolite or words that tryto rile. I have learned to modulatethe older I. I never went for any sort of lie.There’s murk and chaos in dishonest state.Exaggeration makes me question why. But … Continue reading →

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Zero, One (OI)

Posted on January 24, 2023 by sputterpub

Obnoxious was the attitude last night.And boring was the wish to disappear.The tone morose, the body language tight,one might assume there’s suffering. It’s clearthe teenager would rather not be nearthe family. Big deal. That’s no surprise.It’s not a disability or … Continue reading →

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Mayor of My Phone

Posted on January 16, 2023 by sputterpub

The first three letters of my name are “Mar.”In New York it’s pronounced like Apple’s “A.”But California made it rhyme with “care”(and though I’m no old horse, it stayed that way).When voicemail’s left for me by cell, what’s thereaddressing me, … Continue reading →

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The Present

Posted on January 12, 2023 by sputterpub

I future-focused when I was a kid.I didn’t prosper in the here-and-nowin college in the 60’s, when we bidfarewell to past and future, trying howfor better presents – change that would allowa shot to every group our culture missed.(We mostly … Continue reading →

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Just Because

Posted on January 7, 2023 by sputterpub

I’ve never seen her fish for compliments.A testimonial will make her wince;she disregards most subtext and warm hints.She understands her own intelligence.Accustomed to disparagement long since(her mother ever criticized her flawsand no rebuttal served to unconvince),she learned self-validation, just because. … Continue reading →

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