Category Archives: Personality

Your Vacation

Posted on December 30, 2021 by sputterpub

That now and then I bore myself is true.It doesn’t mean a lack of self-esteem,but just that I’ve grown stale in point of view –perspective skewed’s a muddy, raveled seem.Of late the one who’s tiresome is you;your unoriginality’s extreme.So though … Continue reading →

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Catty

Posted on December 29, 2021 by sputterpub

Her mother didn’t meet her loving need.She fed the baby and she clothed the child,but feelings were a theme she didn’t heed –her daughter’s pain was never reconciled.She wouldn’t host a longing or a pet.All practical, she shopped and cleaned … Continue reading →

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The Contest

Posted on December 23, 2021 by sputterpub

Life’s not a competition (yes it is),but I can’t help comparing me to you,as if there were a semi-weekly quizthat I am motivated to get through,contesting for a chair more soft than his,a stronger mate than hers, a better view.When … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Believe

Posted on December 22, 2021 by sputterpub

I don’t believe in magic or in luck.I don’t have playing cards up any sleeve.I’ve never been by fortune thunderstruck.I don’t believe. I play at solitaire. The games relievesome homely hours, till I find I’m stuckwith card arrays no genius … Continue reading →

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Me Day

Posted on December 20, 2021 by sputterpub

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

Posted on December 16, 2021 by sputterpub

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

Posted on December 15, 2021 by sputterpub

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

Posted on December 12, 2021 by sputterpub

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

Posted on December 9, 2021 by sputterpub

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

Posted on December 6, 2021 by sputterpub

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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