Category Archives: Philosophy

Dawn v Dusk

Posted on March 6, 2022 by sputterpub

If darkest pre-dawn,perhaps it will be lightestright before sunset.

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It Worked Today

Posted on February 1, 2022 by sputterpub

It worked today. I had good internet.There was no glitch or hangup in my way.I try to notice well but can forget.It worked today. The water pressure’s good. There’s no delayin telephone or text. I’m not upsetby outside cats or … Continue reading →

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No Precedents

Posted on January 30, 2022 by sputterpub

Imperfect practicecomprises no precedentfor a wise future.

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Sitting in a Puddle of Anxiety

Posted on January 15, 2022 by sputterpub

I’m sitting in a puddle of anxiety.I feel a little swamped with dark uneaseabout our present plague and future destiny –I dread regression, and the rising seas,and getting older, frailer, losing words and bloodand friends who move or die in … Continue reading →

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The Ends of Short Stories

Posted on December 19, 2021 by sputterpub

I’ve seen the posters on the power poles,with pleas for missing pets to be returned,with photographs and words that move our souls,suggesting mourning people who have yearnedfor absent love. But seldom have I learnedwhat happened next. Was Rex or Frodo … Continue reading →

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Switch

Posted on December 17, 2021 by sputterpub

I think it would inform us to exchangeannouncements about diet, fitness goals,and other resolutions with a rangeof news reporting relapse in controls.Do you agree? Or would it be too strange,to share the fail or fracture in the roles,and mention not … 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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A Penetrating Glimpse into the Obvious

Posted on December 11, 2021 by sputterpub

Review the choices made when you were 8,for everyone gets hurt in childhood,but most survive to age and recreate,with strategies and tactics that were goodenough to serve them then, but rarely worthcontinuing to use when they’re mature.I watch too many … Continue reading →

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