Category Archives: Personality

Me Day

My grandson had a “Yes Day” not too longago, when he did what he wanted to.No matter his request, there was a strongand lovely likelihood it would come true.There wasn’t too much candy, and the slewof cartoons didn’t hurt his … Continue reading

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Cowering

I call them assholes when I’m in my placeand talking to myself, without controls,of those who snipe and won’t confront my face.I call them assholes. They suffer vacancies within their souls,and feel correction as profound disgrace(like blame and shame in … Continue reading

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Marshmallows

I know a forceful personality,who might have made a most impressive man,but culture deemed her shrill, and familywas sore the more she nonconformed to plan.They said she was a strident know-it-all,(who loved to learn and talked to get response).Her mother … Continue reading

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Looking the Wrong Way

He registers embarrassment becauseI grinned at him, although my smile hadno relevance to any of his flaws –of course I never meant to make him sad. Her feelings have been bruised. With hurt she’s full,and so she flails internally at … Continue reading

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Recollection Limits

He wants me misremembering his past,as if his wife were honest even then,his mother kind, his party life a blast.Another whom I’ve talked with all her lifedescribes herself as if she has amasseda history of work she never did.And then … Continue reading

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Oasis

A calm has overtaken me of late.I get some time at home without a task.Catastrophe is nowhere near my gatetoday, and I don’t have a boon to ask.No one I love is newly stricken now,and though I’m sure some shit … Continue reading

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The Cuff

She said it isn’t hypertension yet,but maybe I should purchase my own cuff.And I postponed but I did not forget –I figured it was on my mind enoughI didn’t need to measure, and abetmy bit of nagging worry. That was … Continue reading

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Enforced Rest

I’m nearly well but here to tell fatigue,less caused by age or illness than by work.I solo-cared for two, and I’m beleag-uered by exhaustion now I plan to lurkalone in silence and refrain from taskor errand, staying home and keeping … Continue reading

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Centered

The center of my universe is me,and circumstances here are rather nice.The next concentric circle’s family,and though my peers and elders give advice,there’s plenty of respect and courtesy.My neighborhood demands no sacrifice.But farther out – the more the distance grows … Continue reading

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Comprising Three People

I shuffle in the morning when I rise.My skeleton is creaky, and my faceis like my father’s just before demise.I take in coffee, puzzles and some words,and then I’m capable of exercise,which stirs a bout of youth-like energyuntil late afternoon, … Continue reading

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