Category Archives: Philosophy

Bites of Wise

Posted on April 27, 2022 by sputterpub

At times the good do bad, an actor said,and too the bad do good. The script went on.Those phrases found a home inside my head,and replay often now the movie’s gone.That’s wisdom I pray will not be withdrawn,just as I … Continue reading →

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Gulliver and the Antinatalists

Posted on April 20, 2022 by sputterpub

My bachelor’s thesis, 50 years ago,compared three misanthropes in English lit.I remet Fielding’s hermit, got to knowGreek Timon, and read Gulliver’s emit.The first and second came to hate their kindwhen fortune failed and former friends forsook,but Swift’s creation had his … Continue reading →

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Usurping Authority

Posted on April 19, 2022 by sputterpub

The father told the son “Remove your hood,”and I believe my visage disagreed,so I’m the one admonished. I’m no good –usurping Dad’s authority, indeed!Another Pop another time decreeda bedtime story done (at quarter length).Then I was warned I’d best not … Continue reading →

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Ego Strength

Posted on April 17, 2022 by sputterpub

Weak ego takes offense so readily,it gathers insult from a shrug or glance.It notices the careless frequently,and seldom gives impersonal a chance.Identifying disrespect not meant,it quarrels and it quibbles, whines or yells.Its insecurity’s a monumentto ignorance and fragile temper spells. … Continue reading →

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Ego Work

Posted on April 13, 2022 by sputterpub

Admitting that I’m cocky, well assured.and fairly able to self-comprehend,I’d have to be affected and absurdto take offense at rudeness, or defendmy any quality from careless wordor stupid gesture, even from a friend.It’s egotistical to take, in fact,an asshole comment … Continue reading →

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Compatibility

Posted on April 7, 2022 by sputterpub

There is no common enemy betweena grandparent and children of a child.The middle generation isn’t mean,and Grandma may show other moods than mild.It’s more that old and young are not beguiledby job demands, by income’s heavy ask.We both know how … Continue reading →

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Pragmatics

Posted on April 6, 2022 by sputterpub

Be kind to others, counselors advised.What goes around will come around – you’ll see.I tried and failed a lot (for I despisedhow peers appeared). It didn’t work for me,until I learned the clue to self-esteem.Discovering I needed to be proudtomorrow, … Continue reading →

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The Bad Consultant

Posted on March 24, 2022 by sputterpub

The expert paid a visit and was paid.He studied the dynamics, interviewedour team, absorbed the plans, and then he laidout recommended actions. To concludehis work, he edited the notes he madefor spiral binding, but did not includethe tactical and practical … Continue reading →

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No Blacklist Please

Posted on March 14, 2022 by sputterpub

Our lives are too complex to be reducedto elegant synopses. Fairy talesare straight; by myths we all can be seduced.But black-and-white applied to being fails.Reality is complicated – loosedat us in living color. Truth entailswe grant it all its spectra … Continue reading →

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Bleak House

Posted on March 8, 2022 by sputterpub

Our species moribund, the planet ill,the future’s shape no longer indistinct,although it may take centuries to killus off, it seems civility has peaked.Now courtesy has tumbled from a hill,engendering an avalanche of dirtthat buries kindness in a dire spill.Before humanity … Continue reading →

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