Category Archives: Philosophy

Past Problems Present Ploys

Posted on July 10, 2024 by sputterpub

I certainly don’t want us to returnto good-old-days when children weren’t heard,and women knew their place and couldn’t earn,and Master was a titulary word.Of mental health we then had much to learn,but consciousness can generate absurddegrees of understanding and excuse,cascading … Continue reading →

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Exacting a Price

Posted on June 24, 2024 by sputterpub

Accommodation takes its price from thosewho loving serve although their wishes veerfrom servitude. I know you never choseto bend to needs of others you hold dear.Alas it sometimes means you strike a posethat isn’t natural, cannot be sincere.The pressure mounts. … Continue reading →

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Empathology

Posted on June 5, 2024 by sputterpub

I disagree with everyone, and yet,they all seem close to perfect when I lookat challenges and stresses. I forgeteach flaw if I consider how I’d brookhis pain and her neurosis. For I betconfronted with their presents, I’d unhookmy any tether … Continue reading →

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Marquise

Posted on May 27, 2024 by sputterpub

Describing what it’s feeling like to ageand watch my peers advancing by my side,I sense we’re all condensing. Like our gaugeis dialed back, and where it once was wideis narrowed and it’s concentrating traitsthat bloomed a quarter century from birth,that … Continue reading →

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Timing

Posted on May 15, 2024 by sputterpub

How frequently the transportation’s late,the bus or train delayed, the traffic slow.Though I’ve a car app to prognosticatethe transit time, to where I aim to go,the route is clogged. A bicycle won’t waitmost days, but even then streets may not … Continue reading →

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The Absence of the Problem

Posted on April 19, 2024 by sputterpub

Remembering a lawsuit long ago,a meritless complaint that went for yearsbefore dismissal (prejudiced!), I knowthat after months of daily stress and fears,when fair relief arrives, the cure is slow.An aggravation long-sustained is dust,but happiness is slow while I adjust.

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Winding

Posted on April 12, 2024 by sputterpub

A skein of wool should not be tightly wound,for that will stretch and stress the twisted thread.It needs a gentle laxity, that’s foundby spacing with a fingertip, she saidand showed me how, when I was sick abedand soft enough to … Continue reading →

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Personal Safety

Posted on March 30, 2024 by sputterpub

Am I secure? My daughter asked last week,who runs and bikes and hikes alone, for pureunsullied pleasure, smart and never meek.Am I secure? Her path was barricaded then, for surethere’d been a random stabbing near the creek.A homicide dictated a … Continue reading →

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Survival Strategies

Posted on March 22, 2024 by sputterpub

If we review our early history,and recollect survival modes that youand I deployed, we’ll witness strategy.If we review… And when we isolate the chosen clueto navigate young trauma, mysteryis shallow – diagnosis is see-through. We understand what worked for you … Continue reading →

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Birth Order

Posted on March 20, 2024 by sputterpub

I never imagined how life would have beenif I were the youngest instead.It didn’t occur to me when origincontributes to color the thread.Birth order’s an issue, and now I’ll beginto give the discussion some tread.I watched my dad’s sister. I … Continue reading →

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