Category Archives: Poetry

Testing

Posted on November 5, 2020 by sputterpub

We’re Northern California fortunate.We have the weather and topography,and most are masked when that’s appropriate,and many aren’t at extremity.But lately some are ailing. I can seethe symptoms of infection in a guywho works with us (we think he got too … Continue reading →

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R’s Foot

Posted on November 4, 2020 by sputterpub

I knew a man, when I was 44,who seemed a maybe-boyfriend when we met.I liked his thoughts and observations morethan physical affection. Soon regretreplaced my interest, and I grew to ruean intimate relationship with him.He nagged without initiative – the … Continue reading →

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November Third

Posted on November 3, 2020 by sputterpub

I didn’t write this on November 3rd,but I sure had Election Day in mind(4 dozen months so tragic and absurdhave trained my expectation, and refinedmy wishes to a color and a wordfor oceanic move, for humankind).The coming turbulence will not … Continue reading →

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Late Fall

Posted on November 2, 2020 by sputterpub

As if on hold forregime change, leaves don’t yet fall.Autumn’s in suspense.

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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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Another Cancellation

Posted on October 31, 2020 by sputterpub

It sometimes takes awhile to adjustto change that’s catastrophic or severe.I didn’t rate that quake – I walked and buseduntil I heard the Series disappear.Or how the signs of my old age have slammed me,when teenagers I meet have sweetly … 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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EMTelling

Posted on October 29, 2020 by sputterpub

I’m older than I ever thought I’d getwhen I was young and forecasting, and yetmy mother’s still alive and doing wellat 95 (which shows one cannot tellthe future with degrees of certainty).I don’t desire any prophecyabout my date of death … Continue reading →

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Real Food Problem

Posted on October 28, 2020 by sputterpub

I have some gastronomic memoriesI won’t forget: the flavor of a peach,ripe yellow-gold with sour/sweet degreesof juice; the texture avocados reach –that fiber-hiding fatty satin feel.Fresh produce often carries flavor reallyfine, but there’s a risk beneath the peel:the bad of … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice

Posted on October 27, 2020 by sputterpub

I don’t think he knowshow stupid the show was. Howmany didn’t watch.

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