Category Archives: Personality

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Posted on February 13, 2026 by sputterpub

Succeeding 15 days of black-and-white,when paths were clear and absent shades of gray,and vacillation didn’t nudge despiteuncertain moments and a somber sway,I turned to sleep last night with appetitefor solitude I’ll satisfy today.We did the needful; now I look withinto … Continue reading →

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Stranger Words

Posted on February 11, 2026 by sputterpub

She made my day, I murmured as I turned.I know the stranger heard me anyway.She’d volunteered a comment and I learnedshe made my day. She spoke. I thanked. And she went on to say,“It’s easy when it’s true.” I’m not … Continue reading →

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Not Happening

Posted on February 8, 2026 by sputterpub

So many prophecies – all incorrect.“When you mature you’ll want to drive, to shop.”I don’t know why my intimates expectmy rational reluctances to stop.I study me and cannot recollectoccasions when I registered a dropin my aversions. So they say I’ll … Continue reading →

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Receiving

Posted on January 31, 2026 by sputterpub

My resolutions tend to flow top-down,but this snuck up and now surprises me.What bubbles from my belly to my crown,and there takes root and grows emphatically,is wishful learning from proximity.I will receipt from neither film nor book.A fact from someone … Continue reading →

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The Skeptic’s Optimism

Posted on January 29, 2026 by sputterpub

I ought to be a pessimist, and yetmy serotonin levels must be high.I’ve never been depressed, and blue moods getbrief tenancy in me. Oh I can cryat tragedy, and worries may besetthat loved ones won’t prevail at what they try.But … Continue reading →

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And Then

Posted on January 27, 2026 by sputterpub

No sooner am I home than I depart –a scanty sixteen hours, half in bed,are all I get before engagements start,and what ensues are five days out insteadof that for which I yearn. But I won’t dreadthe interruptions – they’re … Continue reading →

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Homing

Posted on January 26, 2026 by sputterpub

Today I travel home, by car to planeto train to bus, and then a little more –I’ll walk perhaps two blocks and I’ll obtainthe sanctuary that’s inside my door.I’ll carry dirty clothes and the refrainof fellowship with family, beforeI settle … Continue reading →

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Personal Gain

Posted on January 25, 2026 by sputterpub

This daily poetry can’t all be great,though I condition for integrity.More often than a piece to celebrate,it’s used to store minutia about me.My current mood or some activityI wish to recollect will float this boat.I’m quietly enjoying victory,implying, lest these … Continue reading →

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Memento Momenta

Posted on January 19, 2026 by sputterpub

We took our January birthday meala bay away and in a favorite placefrom decades back. It still has its appeal –though pricey, we can see each other’s faceand hear all words and greet the waiter’s gracenostalgia-blissed. As well as normal … Continue reading →

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Returning Home

Posted on January 18, 2026 by sputterpub

Returning home from family once more,I lock, I lower shade, I crank the chrometo draw a bath to warm my chilly core.Returning home. Not too agoraphobic, my syndromeis homing ever after I explore.And like today, I say it in a … Continue reading →

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