Category Archives: Personality

Settling on Stillness

Posted on June 12, 2025 by sputterpub

Like any animal, I note what moves.No matter if it’s predator or prey,attention’s caught by motion and behoovesat least alertness. Mostly I obey,but evolution sometimes disimproves,and veers from wisdom’s route so far away,I am resisting instinct’s pattern, tillI reap the … Continue reading →

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Transfer Fail

Posted on June 8, 2025 by sputterpub

It wasn’t till I reached into my packto pull my wallet for the snacks in hand,that I perceived its absence. Round my backan empty pocket made me understandI had no wherewithal. But from my standI didn’t fret. I felt surprised … Continue reading →

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Lost Grocery Arts

Posted on June 4, 2025 by sputterpub

Before the stores adopted scanning ways,when customers used cash, it wasn’t strangeto see employees ring the price one paysand be adept at calculating change.And as for bagging purchases these days,I’d have you note I walked, and so arrangethe items for … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet

Posted on June 1, 2025 by sputterpub

Perhaps it’s that I push myself when out,eschewing bus to walk in weighted vest,indulging family, but there’s no doubtthe place I long to be, the chosen best,is in my little house, where I’m undressedand solitary, working on a poem,reclining, reading, … Continue reading →

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Early Errands

Posted on May 26, 2025 by sputterpub

Two nights ago as I lay down to sleep,I contemplated chores that I could dothe next day or the next, for each would keep –immediate was no demand I knew.Then rising early, I’d the mood for twobefore my exercise, and … Continue reading →

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Condescension

Posted on May 21, 2025 by sputterpub

When I was 5 and guided by a nurse,escorting me upstairs for surgery,and taking me confused to something worse,she forward-bent, with palm upon her kneeand asked me how I was, addressing meby name resembling mine but not correct.I loathed her … Continue reading →

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Proactive Angst

Posted on May 13, 2025 by sputterpub

I felt so bad 3 days ago, I fearedI’d have to cancel all my plans this week.Exhausted and beset by something weirdI tried remaining calm, but I’m a freakfor worry, and my peace of mind was spearedby symptoms that I … Continue reading →

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Person Version

Posted on May 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Of late, reviewing letters I once wrote,and journal entries, early poems displayed,I wonder why I saved them but I notethe personality they all conveyed.Consistent and apparently self-made,with language, logic, answering immersion,the character’s complex like a cascade –a cataract of parts … Continue reading →

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Early Decision

Posted on May 5, 2025 by sputterpub

Confronted with the choice when I was young,to garner disapproval speaking out,or listen to my mother, hold my tongue,collecting compliments I have no doubt,I opted to express myself, with shoutif needful but impolitic. A shoveof words I chose instead of … Continue reading →

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Sanity Check

Posted on May 4, 2025 by sputterpub

As much as I feel 23 inside,or 17, or 32, like you,I live in fact, and I don’t want to hidefrom changes that with every year accrue.So I will face my face, accept I’ve lostmuch elasticity and useful fat.My bones … Continue reading →

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