Category Archives: Personality

She B Cray Z

Posted on April 5, 2023 by sputterpub

My brother texted the elided phrase,responding to my latest pal report.My friend ignores the emails and delaysremittance so, the retailer’s resortis interrupting service. First no pays,then fighting prompts, is her outraged retort.She focuses complaints in one loud rant:demands they reconnect … Continue reading →

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Juju

Posted on April 3, 2023 by sputterpub

She met the woman through the homeschool group,a refugee from Evangelicals.They soon became fast friends – among that troupe,they were the most responsive to the pullsof liberal originality.She recognized this comrade was extreme,her viewpoint black&white in tendency.But friendship bloomed in … Continue reading →

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Faucet

Posted on March 31, 2023 by sputterpub

Supplies for plumbing made her father’s field.Her granddad and his brothers did it first.They bought the land their stores stood on, and sealedthe family in wealth as values burstfor Southern California coastal realestate. But when her faucet broke, her thirstfor … Continue reading →

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Listing

Posted on March 29, 2023 by sputterpub

The vet about my old retriever said,“That nose will work as long as beats her heart.”I think of that, as I view tasks aheadof me, and make a list, and set apartmy leisure while they’re done. Until I’m deadI think … Continue reading →

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Child

Posted on March 27, 2023 by sputterpub

Our roles reversed when I was 5 years old(she didn’t notice and she won’t agree).Determining that I’d be self-controlledwas my reply to the barbarityof mother, nurses, powers over me,that overruled what should have been a hug.She’s nearly 98 but seems … Continue reading →

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Parents

Posted on March 26, 2023 by sputterpub

My parents are the ocean and the earth,though neither carries gendering or sex,or any measured motive in my birth,and don’t directly breathe. I am complexbut not confused, about what each expects –I take my lesson from the ebb and flowand … Continue reading →

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Grace

Posted on March 18, 2023 by sputterpub

I’ve modified behavior now and then –eschewing sugar, cannabis, the pills.And I’ve received congratulations whenI mention or describe foregoing ills.Self-deprecation blooms in my reply –It wasn’t all that hard – I’d had enough,was how I felt, I mentioned with a … Continue reading →

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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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