Category Archives: Philosophy

Pan Future

Posted on December 20, 2020 by sputterpub

When we’re beyond this virus, will we lookat all the agony that we’ve endured,and then conclude that, really, what it tookwas waiting to by pharmacies be cured?And for the next disease that sweeps the worldby global interaction, must we duckinside … Continue reading →

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A First World Problem

Posted on December 18, 2020 by sputterpub

Entitled and intelligent, I blurt(so fortunate I really can’t complain),that even first world problems carry hurt –if one’s alive one senses: pain is pain. So I will mention (softly, like a mouse),that though I love my hermitage, I learnI need … Continue reading →

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We Never Covered Cousins

Posted on December 10, 2020 by sputterpub

I’ve always been a talker, partly sobecause I love good words and memory,but also to invite my friends to showthemselves with narrative and history.At 20 I was sure I understoodmy closest friends – we talked incessantly.I think we thought our … Continue reading →

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Life’s Labors

Posted on December 9, 2020 by sputterpub

It never stops. As long as I’m alive,I think there will be labors tossed my way,from challenges that power me to striveor sob, to complications that dismay.No sooner do I X things off my listthan some recur and others rise … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk

Posted on December 8, 2020 by sputterpub

Old sidewalks crack and buckle near big treesand over land that trembles during quakes,so pathways that should let us stroll with easecan be disruptive. Here’s a ledge that makesa rising step, and there’s a slab upthrust(Sequoia sempervirens isn’t small).I treat … Continue reading →

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My Humble Perspective

Posted on November 29, 2020 by sputterpub

Concluding long ago God must be greatenough that It would never act as lowas human emperors, I didn’t hatereligion but I knew too much to throwanthropomorphic attitude around.A deity deserving of respectwould not require foreheads on the groundor posture bending … Continue reading →

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The Backstory

Posted on November 24, 2020 by sputterpub

A business partner did me wrong and sued(this happened 20 years ago, or so).I burned to tell the story – not to broodbut more, I thought, to let my lawyer knowexactly what led up to the betrayal.“Please write the whole … Continue reading →

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Our Sweethearts

Posted on November 20, 2020 by sputterpub

My family is mostly male, and yetincludes no evidence of gross assaultor rape, or coarse behavior to forget.What tension we perpetuate’s the faultof neither sex. The girls exhibit morebad moods, more snits and flouncing tendencies.The boys are strong and masculine … Continue reading →

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Ninfo

Posted on November 1, 2020 by sputterpub

Enjoying cannabis for 50 years,we hungered for some facts about the stuff.Outlawed no science looked, and it appearswe still can’t get, of useful facts, enough. And business interests lobbied to concealthe truth about cholesterol and fat.We sought the best and … Continue reading →

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Sleep Changes

Posted on October 30, 2020 by sputterpub

Sleep patterns alter as our bodies age:From infancy when naps fill day and night,decreasing dream time till we reach the stageof teen ability to sleep in lightof morning, anywhere and any time,to young adulthood woken by our kids,to solid aR … Continue reading →

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